I believe she might be between 2 and 3 now, so not that old. This past molt indeed has been tough for her for sure and I have noticed she was avoiding the others. Hopefully it's just a glitch...but if she decided for early retirement, well good for her!!! They don't really care for crumbles...
They all have been eating the same, for most of the fall/winter they had grower feed because I had few pullets in the flock, then in December I mixed grower and layer and now they are on organic no soy whole feed. On the side I give them oyster shells to peck if they want and give all of them...
My leghorn, which last year has been the most prolific of my flock, stopped laying eggs on the 20th of December 2024 and to this day has not laid one egg. She stopped when she started molting (a little later than all the others), started sleeping in the nesting boxes (she has never done that - I...
I got four yesterday and it look like my maran is back in business as well!
The excitement when you are on your way to the nesting boxes and the joy when you see the eggs in there!