- Oct 27, 2010
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Hi,
I've got a question about egg production. All of a sudden our chickens have gone on strike, egg production has dropped by nearly half, and we sell our eggs. They're so slow now that I have back orders, and I never had that trouble. We were giving our chickens 20% protein feed, but heard that Nutrena was very good. So we did switch, and they inhale that feed like crazy. But why did the egg production slow down?? The weather is warm, days are longer, we haven't made any drastic changes in the coop, we do have a couple of broody hens, one of which I have pulled out of the coop and have her in a nesting box off by herself so nobody bothers her. The other is just plain stubborn, she wants to lay in that spot even if I remove the eggs other chickens lay by her spot. I have nesting boxes, but some prefer to lay in the corner of the coop. Anyway, I don't know what to make of this problem, but I need to solve it quick. Can anyone out there help me??
Thanks,
Dianna
I've got a question about egg production. All of a sudden our chickens have gone on strike, egg production has dropped by nearly half, and we sell our eggs. They're so slow now that I have back orders, and I never had that trouble. We were giving our chickens 20% protein feed, but heard that Nutrena was very good. So we did switch, and they inhale that feed like crazy. But why did the egg production slow down?? The weather is warm, days are longer, we haven't made any drastic changes in the coop, we do have a couple of broody hens, one of which I have pulled out of the coop and have her in a nesting box off by herself so nobody bothers her. The other is just plain stubborn, she wants to lay in that spot even if I remove the eggs other chickens lay by her spot. I have nesting boxes, but some prefer to lay in the corner of the coop. Anyway, I don't know what to make of this problem, but I need to solve it quick. Can anyone out there help me??
Thanks,
Dianna