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    Few eggs for 2 months

    I emailed our extension office. The extension agent said that the most likely cause was that I am free ranging the birds all day and they are not getting proper nutrition. He said that the chickens can only provide 5-20% of their nutrition from free ranging. He recommended leaving the...
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    Few eggs for 2 months

    Thanks, I added my location. The light was on 14hrs per day in the winter.
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    Few eggs for 2 months

    Thanks for the reply! I had been buying layer mash from our local elevator that they blend themselves. It is 18% protein. He wasn't sure what % calcium, but they do add calcium carbonate to the mix per some tagged blend. They laid well on this blend through the winter, I had a light on a...
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    Few eggs for 2 months

    Hi all, I've been battling with low production since the beginning of May. We have 4x RIR and 4x Silver laced Wyandottes. They are all 15 months old. They all free range during the day, but I periodically leave them in the run for 2-3 days to make sure that they aren't laying somewhere else...
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    Hello from Bemidji!

    I wanted to introduce myself, I've been reading for a while, but wanted to finally create an account. I live outside of Bemidji, MN with my wife and 2 daughters (4mo, 3 1/2yrs). Our oldest gets unlimited entertainment out of our free range chickens. Our flock is 4x RIR and 4x silver laced...
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