How do i stop my chickens from doing this? They now spread their feed all over floor of their coop, then will not eat it from the floor! They are now wasting about 10-20 lbs every week, it has gotten ridiculous. I have even left dish empty for day or two after they do this, and datn thing...
They were hatched, by us - using our very own eggs, on Easter day 2014.
Doesn't appear that any of them are laying? Is it possible that they are somehow sterile? We have 1 rooster, and 14 hens (of several ages and types). And 3 hens that are "Easter Eggers" for the blue/green eggs. We are...
MY girls are not laying eggs, we are getting only 1-3 eggs per day from 14 layers. It is true we have two that are getting older, about 4 years now, but they all stopped about the same time this past summer. Roughly mid-august is when we noticed something wrong. Thought they were laying...