I'm not getting any eggs either. I have 15 hens, some Buff oorps and 5 Golden laced wynandottes. October into November they were molting and looked like the wrath of God and were laying some but had already slowed down. By mid December they were looking better but all egg laying stopped. Now they look wonderful and still no eggs. I put a light in the coop 3 days ago with a red bulb. They get layer crumbles, table scraps a couple of times per week. A 2 cup ration of cracked corn mixed with oats and a small amount of flax and BOSS which I added the flax and BOSS to give extra protein during the molt. It has gotten cold here so in trying to be nice to them I bought them a flock block before xmas. The little brats went off their feed till the block was gone. They are only a year and a half old. They look fat and sassy. What am I doing wrong? I am not terribly impressed with the lay rate. I expected to feed them 6 mos till they were old enough to lay. If they are going to take several months off every year I'm not so sure it is worth the cost of feeding them. Feed is expensive. Spending about 40-55 per month in feed and scratch for them. Thoughts? I see no sign of any mites etc on their legs etc.
Barb
upstate NY
who figures those deep yellow yolks are costing her an awful lot
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "sjgoldstein_2000" <sandiejg@...> wrote:
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> Yet others in our area claim their chickens are not laying. I'm down to almost Texas. But The people I know with chickens in Albq theirs aren't laying, people in Hobbs their chickens aren't laying. I'm new to chickens, why are my laying?
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