I live just South of Dallas and have 60 plus layers that even in the heat of the summer I was getting 30-40 eggs a day. I had gotten a few weeks ago a drop to 3-4 eggs a day. A nearby farm had 60 layers getting 1-2 eggs a day for over two weeks. Another neighbor with 70 plus hens was in the...
I received 16 chicks from a hatchery 3 weeks ago and we have discovered what we think is the "gray eye" form of Marek's disease in our chicks. All the irises have gone from bright gold to to a dull blue gray. The chicks are not blind and otherwise seem healthy and active.
I had originally...