dogkahuna
Songster
We've got 12 hens, 9 almost two years old and 3 almost one year old. They went from laying 8-9 eggs a day to 3-5. It's a weird time of year to see this, especially since the weather has improved and they are spending most of their days out in the sun.
Diet hasn't changed except that I moved their pen so they could prep a greenhouse for planting. They get layer feed and tons of produce we glean from grocery store refuse, however we've backed off on the produce so they would work the beds I wanted.
Two roosters, one alpha and one beta that co-exist just fine. The flock dynamic hasn't changed since we re-homed a couple roosters last fall.
No hidden eggs--the whole pen is easily inspected.
I discovered that they had access to avocado pits and pecked some of the outer skin off. This problem has been removed.
There is a smallish opossum skulking about that I'm trying to trap. The birds don't get wigged out by its presence, but can opossums carry eggs away leaving no sign? Our nest boxes are 5 feet above ground but it looks like a good climber could access them.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Diet hasn't changed except that I moved their pen so they could prep a greenhouse for planting. They get layer feed and tons of produce we glean from grocery store refuse, however we've backed off on the produce so they would work the beds I wanted.
Two roosters, one alpha and one beta that co-exist just fine. The flock dynamic hasn't changed since we re-homed a couple roosters last fall.
No hidden eggs--the whole pen is easily inspected.
I discovered that they had access to avocado pits and pecked some of the outer skin off. This problem has been removed.
There is a smallish opossum skulking about that I'm trying to trap. The birds don't get wigged out by its presence, but can opossums carry eggs away leaving no sign? Our nest boxes are 5 feet above ground but it looks like a good climber could access them.
Any ideas? Thanks!
