I have 7 hens. Three of them are 3 yrs old, the other four are 2 1/2 years old. I am only getting one egg every other day. They are done with their fall molt. It is December. I live in Florida. Shouldn't I be getting a few more eggs?
My 2 1/2 year old hens have not layed an egg for about 2 months. I'm trying to decide if it's time to butcher them. I have four chicks that I got last spring to take their place and they are just now starting to lay eggs.
I have four hens that will be two years old in March 2014. One of them hasn't laid an egg for about two months. So my question is, is she done laying? She is not moulting and is not under any stress.
I have two chickens who free range during the day. Both were laying eggs almost daily. Then one decided to go broody. She stopped laying eggs and stayed in the nesting box all day. I don't have any kind of cage to put her in to try to cure the brooding so I have just been pushing her out of the...