barqhorse85
In the Brooder
- May 19, 2015
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We have a mixed flock that we started last May. One Americauna, one speckled Sussex, one unknown black, and a barred rock. The speckled Sussex was the first to lay at 7 months old in the fall we got one egg every couple of days for about a month and a half. The black started laying brown eggs in November and continued to lay through the winter. The rock started laying in January. Once the Sussex stopped we have not seen eggs from her or the americauna.
None of them show signs of illness or being egg bound. They eat healthy amounts of scratch, veggie scraps, and layer feed with regular access to oyster shell. We had a mild winter. They are in a large pen so not laying randomly in the yard. We are in town with few predators. We lost a second barred rock to egg bound in March. Should we be worried about them not laying this late in the season, or hold out?
None of them show signs of illness or being egg bound. They eat healthy amounts of scratch, veggie scraps, and layer feed with regular access to oyster shell. We had a mild winter. They are in a large pen so not laying randomly in the yard. We are in town with few predators. We lost a second barred rock to egg bound in March. Should we be worried about them not laying this late in the season, or hold out?