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Hi, I am new to this.. I need help, I have 13 hens and i was getting like 7 to 9 eggs a day, then recently we got 2 silkie roosters, and now I'm only getting 1 eggs a day if that.. Can someone help me , why isn't my hens laying...:(
 
I have 1 female silkie, 1 regular white hen, the rest bantams..and they were laying a and then when i got the 2 white silkie roosters they stop laying..
 
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Is it possible the new roosters are stressing the girls, either by getting overly enthusiastic breeding with them or even just because they are recent additions to your flock?
 
Some of my hens are about a year old and the others are acouple years older, I always get eggs and now nothing, the roosters I got are gorgeous but I keep telling my husband, my ladies don't need the stress, there my babies..
 
This is the right time of year for them to stop laying if they hatched before this year. They normally molt the second autumn and each thereafter.
 
Welcome to Backyard chickens. You could also check out "chicken behaviors and egg laying," thread. Incidentally a rooster can handle 10 hens, so 2 roosters need 20.

Or you could rehome one of the roosters. Too many roos means your hens will be overbred and even damaged.
 

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