- Oct 24, 2014
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hello all I have just joined found the site while looking for a reason or solution as to why my egg production has dropped off so bad overnight. I started with chickens a year and half ago when the girl at tractor supply handed my nephew a chick and we decided to buy 12. began with a make shift brooder then a make shift pen and chicken house then this summer I built a chicken tractor. Now that fall is here and upstate NY winter will be here soon I have built a new 8'x8' chicken house and a new chicken yard that's 25'x25'. however after reading the treads I am hoping that's its a combination of things first being that they are no longer in the tractor getting fresh grass everyday 2nd is the move to the new house where two groups were combined to make one then the weather getting colder with less light. question is what to do other than being patient they are still getting the same laymash they have been getting since the beginning from a local feed mill I have put a light in the hen house they have plenty of water have considered cider vinegar but not tried it yet. they appear healthy and are not loosing feathers . our flock has grown to 23 birds and we enjoy them and there eggs we were averaging 16-17 eggs a day till I moved them now its more like 3-4 any ideas