my two white silkie hens, tipsy and margarita were bought at a pet at around something like 16 or 17 weeks old. i think... now they went through a laying stage. one went broody and hatched 3/3 chicks. though i had too many sets of broodys with chicks at the time to keep seperated in defferent pens.
so the chicks were given to my brahma X. the other one also went broody while the other was half way through hatching her chicks. and she went broody ON THE ROOST! Yes, i think my silkies take after me, mentally deranged!
so when they went broody they stopped laying eggs of course!
so then we had a ''Too Many Roosters'' problem and an extra pen was made. the roosters could fly over that so we swapped pens with the silkies. fine. so the silkies dont have a nest box, but plenty of places to lay thier eggs. they never use a nest box no matter how much probing!
They are now all out of thier broodiness and back to completely normal hens aand it has been a very good while since the broodiness. BUT THEY HAVENT STARTED LAYING AGAIN! why?
They have really good nutrition, an oyster shell supplement mixed with layer mash, corn, wheat and other goodies. scraps from the kitchen and garden, and they get to free range each day. right now it is spring too so they should be laying good too! well, the others are. the silkie hens themselves are totally fine and drink and eat normally, thier health is fine, as well as all the others and they aren't moulting.
Can anyone please tell me why!?
Thank You...
so the chicks were given to my brahma X. the other one also went broody while the other was half way through hatching her chicks. and she went broody ON THE ROOST! Yes, i think my silkies take after me, mentally deranged!
so when they went broody they stopped laying eggs of course!
so then we had a ''Too Many Roosters'' problem and an extra pen was made. the roosters could fly over that so we swapped pens with the silkies. fine. so the silkies dont have a nest box, but plenty of places to lay thier eggs. they never use a nest box no matter how much probing!
They are now all out of thier broodiness and back to completely normal hens aand it has been a very good while since the broodiness. BUT THEY HAVENT STARTED LAYING AGAIN! why?
They have really good nutrition, an oyster shell supplement mixed with layer mash, corn, wheat and other goodies. scraps from the kitchen and garden, and they get to free range each day. right now it is spring too so they should be laying good too! well, the others are. the silkie hens themselves are totally fine and drink and eat normally, thier health is fine, as well as all the others and they aren't moulting.
Can anyone please tell me why!?
Thank You...
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