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    Chickens suddenly stopped laying for 3 months?

    It's been just over 3 months since they first stopped laying
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    Chickens suddenly stopped laying for 3 months?

    Yes, they have grit available
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    Chickens suddenly stopped laying for 3 months?

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    Chickens suddenly stopped laying for 3 months?

    We're in Victoria, so getting about 9.5 hours of daylight at the moment. Thanks for the suggestion of a light in the coop. Definitely something I'll look onto.
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    Chickens suddenly stopped laying for 3 months?

    This will be the first winter for most, but is all of their first winter since they've started laying. I've heard that a lot of breeds reduce or stop laying in winter, but is it normal that they've taking off the entirety of Autimn too?
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    Chickens suddenly stopped laying for 3 months?

    Hopefully they start laying again soon then 🤞🏼
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    Chickens suddenly stopped laying for 3 months?

    Thank you. I am aware most breeds take a winter break, but they haven't layed for the entire Autumn already. If they take winter off, they won't have layed for 6 months. How long do they usually take off? This is our first year with these breeds so unsure what to expect.
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    Chickens suddenly stopped laying for 3 months?

    All of our hens stopped laying suddenly around early March (Autumn in Australia). We suspected rats after finding egg reminants in the laying boxes, including fertilised ones that one of our Mama Hen was sitting on 😔 and put the halt in egg production down to stress and the fact that some hens...
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    10 Week Old Arucanas/Australorps. Hens or Roosters?

    S She's too cute!
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    10 Week Old Arucanas/Australorps. Hens or Roosters?

    Thank you! Will keep my eye on those feathers 🙂 4 and 5 were giving me rooster energy but it's possibly their hair styles 🤣
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    10 Week Old Arucanas/Australorps. Hens or Roosters?

    Hoping to get some help sexing my 10 week old chickens. The clutch of chicks were Arucanas, Arucana x Cuckoo Maran and Arucana x Australorp (not that I can tell which are which!) and other than the ones that have started crowing or have the more obvious comb features, I'm having a hard time...
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