Yes, Mrs. K, agree. Addition of a few more birds is on the near term radar. I prefer to get pullets a little older, primarily due to the limited time I have to deal with baby chicks. I also have 10 goats that are vying for my attention. :)
I....need.....Eggs! :)
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Yeah, its definitely not molting related. I agree, production drops off significantly but not to zero...for this long of a time (with or without molt).
Thank you for your responses. For some reason I wasn't getting notifications.
Agree, I have to do a deep dive on checking the birds a lil...
It is...
I've got to do a deep dive on parasites (external and internal) and see what I find. Unfortunately, I haven't spent enough time doing that.
They don't free range (too many vultures, coyotes and hawks constantly in our area), as they are in an enclosed run and coop.
Thanks Art
I replied to the prior post and am not getting notifications for replies to my post.
We are located in S. California and have light control for them. They are getting 12-13 hrs of light a day currently. I'm pretty well versed with the hens and know/checked most of your standard issues with...
Hens are between 2-3 yrs old. It is not molt, as i mentioned. They are acting and look normal otherwise....just not producing. Thought id get more replies to help with this issue but guess not....
Been putting off writing this post.
Flock of 10 hens and essentially no eggs since Aug/Sept. They are not molting and are in good health currently (other than this issue....I believe).
Backstory is we lost 4 alpha/domenent hens last year and I'm wondering if that has something to do with...