Eggs

[stump69]

I have done everything to get more eggs tried different laying feed I have 11 hens 1 rooster in a coop just get maybe 2 eggs a day all seem happy is it possible the rooster Is breeding to much will that keep them laying used to get maybe 8 eggs a day all are about 1 and half years of age

 

[DoubleMM]

Hello questions,
1) Any major changes to daily schedule or environment?
2) You wrote "in a coop", do they free range at all? I had hens laying under bushes etc. until I put wooden eggs in the boxes.
3) Coop design. Could something be getting in and stealing the eggs?

 

[stump69]

Not free range nothing in coop just not laying

 

[donrae]

Do the hens act like they're being overmated? If a hen's overmated to the point she quits laying, there are going to be other signs. Feather loss and/or resistance to mating, things like that.

How do your hens look? Are they glossy feathered? Nice red, plump combs? What breeds are they? How large is the coop?

Oh.....are you in the States?

 

[stump69]

Yes in the states combs look good there is feather loss on some coop is 20 x 20