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Wow, thanks! Learned a lot from you! I didn’t realize a 2.5 yr old hen is considered old. There is still a fair scattering of oyster shell in the run, where they love to throw it around. If they only eat it when needed, I will leave it there, and only replenish once it’s gone. That way I can...

As I outlined in my first post, they get a bowl of fermented mash in the morning, with a handful of scratch thrown in the run. They have 24/7 access to layer pellets and fresh water. When laying, they have 24/7 access to oyster shell and hen grit. With the decrease in eggs, I have eliminated...

UPDATE: the other girls don’t seem to be getting the hint!? We are still getting only one blue egg every second day. Clearly only the EE is laying, the olive Eggers not. They are eating as usual. They finish their bowl of mash in the am. I throw a handful of scratch in the run, as well as a...

Thanks for your reply! I know laying is day length dependent. The strange thing is after they moulted in the fall, when I turned the lights on end of November, within a week they started laying, and gave us eggs all winter, up to beginning of March. That’s when it decreased and stopped. Two...

No, there is an abundance of eagles, hawks,owls, and coyotes here, so we don’t free range them. It’s another week since my original post, and still no eggs. They have stopped eating pellets, but devour their bowl of mash in the morning. Thanks for the link! I shall have a peek.

We have four hens, all 2.5 yrs old. One Easter egger, and three olive eggers. We got them when they were a year old, and we have consistently been getting 2-3 eggs a day. In the winter of 2021-22, I maintained lights at 15 hrs daily, an and they laid all winter. Last fall(2023) we decided...