Chicken are bugging me

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so i know this is a much asked question, but I'm gonna ask it again.
so my chickens stopped laying! I have seven 2year old hens, who have been laying up until 5 days ago. They have also been eating less, other then that they seem healthy. My chicken run is next to the duck run and my hens and my ducks are BFF's. i recently added a new duck and there is less day light... HELP
 
2 year old, 3 year old, 4 year old, 5 year old, ad infinitum hens take a break to replace their winter coat and rejuvenate their reproductive tract every autumn (sometimes late summer, sometimes early winter). It's what all hens do. Moreover, it's what they have to do, as they have for many millennia.

That's why egg farms use super egg hybrids, let them lay for 18 months with a precise lighting program and send them to Campbell's for soup and replace them with new pullets.
 
ChickenCanoe said:
2 year old, 3 year old, 4 year old, 5 year old, ad infinitum hens take a break to replace their winter coat and rejuvenate their reproductive tract every autumn (sometimes late summer, sometimes early winter). It's what all hens do. Moreover, it's what they have to do, as they have for many millennia.

That's why egg farms use super egg hybrids, let them lay for 18 months with a precise lighting program and send them to Campbell's for soup and replace them with new pullets.
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thats sad
 
ChickenCanoe said:
2 year old, 3 year old, 4 year old, 5 year old, ad infinitum hens take a break to replace their winter coat and rejuvenate their reproductive tract every autumn (sometimes late summer, sometimes early winter). It's what all hens do. Moreover, it's what they have to do, as they have for many millennia.

That's why egg farms use super egg hybrids, let them lay for 18 months with a precise lighting program and send them to Campbell's for soup and replace them with new pullets.
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Americano Blue said:
thats sad
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That is sad!
 
texaspolloloco said:
That is sad!
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It is sad but the result of a mostly urban populace that has to be fed by large scale farming. It wasn't like that in the 1800s. Of the over 300 million people in the US, only 1% claim to be farmers. Somebody has to feed the other 99% and most of that food comes from large scale on farm production. The state of Iowa alone has 50 million hens on egg farms. They are constantly replaced to feed all those urbanites and suburbanites.

Americano Blue said:
So do you think my birds are just doing the winter coat thing?
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Good chance.
 
ChickenCanoe said:
It is sad but the result of a mostly urban populace that has to be fed by large scale farming. It wasn't like that in the 1800s. Of the over 300 million people in the US, only 1% claim to be farmers. Somebody has to feed the other 99% and most of that food comes from large scale on farm production. The state of Iowa alone has 50 million hens on egg farms. They are constantly replaced to feed all those urbanites and suburbanites.

Good chance.
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