gandalf_of_chickens
Chirping
We have 8 golden comets that we bought as "pullets" not yet laying back in late November/early December. At first they weren't laying at all, then they started to lay more and more until we were getting seven eggs/day fairly consistently. Then suddenly over the past 2-3 weeks we've started to get five eggs/day most often, with six eggs on some days. What's going on?? I thought egg production was supposed to go up, if anything, as the weather gets warmer? It was doing that but I guess I was expecting to start seeing 7 most days with 8 some days instead of 5 most days with 6 some days!
And yes I'm the same guy from this thread asking people to reassure me that I wasn't ruining my chickens lives by no longer free-ranging them. Now I feel like they're taking revenge on me! As for feed, I've been using Nutrena Hearty Hen Layer Pellet. We bring them kitchen scraps from time to time and I've been dumping grass clippings in the run every few days since the grass started growing again and I was able to cut. They love the grass and devour it.
In reality, as far as I can tell the hens seem happy enough in their run. I don't notice any of them acting sick/keeping to themselves/brooding/etc. Is this kind of fluctuation to be expected from month-to-month?
And yes I'm the same guy from this thread asking people to reassure me that I wasn't ruining my chickens lives by no longer free-ranging them. Now I feel like they're taking revenge on me! As for feed, I've been using Nutrena Hearty Hen Layer Pellet. We bring them kitchen scraps from time to time and I've been dumping grass clippings in the run every few days since the grass started growing again and I was able to cut. They love the grass and devour it.
In reality, as far as I can tell the hens seem happy enough in their run. I don't notice any of them acting sick/keeping to themselves/brooding/etc. Is this kind of fluctuation to be expected from month-to-month?
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