I had a RIR rooster in my flock. He got really nasty so he went bye bye. My egg production dropped off significantly . Someone just gave us a cute little batnti rooster. Guess what , egg production has gone back up. Maybe they just like having a guy around, as little as he is!
i have had several different flocks over the years. Right now I have 16 RIRs. They are a year old. Their egg production has dropped in half over the last few weeks. The eggs are smaller. And they aren't the dark brown they used to be.
What's wrong?