Thank you very much, I am looking to add to my coop and a light source was one of my hopes. Just didn't know how many things to try with nothing seeming to work.
Thank you RedDrgn and Happy Chooks. Would the molt also be the reason that they stopped laying about 2-3 weeks (depending on the bird) before we started noticing that there was an increase in the feathers falling out?
About 6 weeks ago I started seeing a ton of feathers lying around the coop. That lasted for about 2 weeks and stopped. I increased the protein for the feed as I read that is good during the molt. However, now, 4 weeks later, there are still no eggs.
As for age, the RI Red is about 8...
I am new to the backyard chicken game. We inherited a coop from a neighbor who moved away and gave it to us as a thank you. He had 4 RI Reds and had wonderful egg production from them. We were given 1 RI Red, 2 Buffs, & 1 Leghorn. We were getting 2-3 eggs a day for a month or so and then it...