marcoseitz
Hatching
I have a flock that has been lingering around the coop too much and not foraging like they should. I've thought about locking them out during daytime but all my hens lay during midday and I don't want to have to hunt eggs down. I have been putting water out for them and have tried scattering some feed when I first let them out thinking it would get them "jump started" so to speak. They literally hang out inside for most of the day.My two part question i guess is; If I lock them out will they hold off on laying until nightime or will they just lay all over my property and are there any other tips or tricks I can use to encourage them to stay out and forage? their lack of foraging is causing me to go through way more feed than I like and any advice would be great.....