I have a flock of 21 hens and 2 Roos they are 21 weeks old. The first issue is they are not laying yet the roos have not started crowing. I'm not sure if it is a slow down due to season but all of our other flocks typically have laid by now.
My second issue is a sick hen she is just puffed up...
I have about 27 layers and they are split into two different groups by age my oldest will be 2 years in Feb. My second group will be 1 year in a couple weeks. I also have another group who are about 4 months old and they all have separate houses that we move weekly enclosed by electric fences...
In February we ordered 5 australorps, 5 Delawares, 5 Newhampshire reds, 5 Buff orphingtons. 2 of our Australorps ended up being roosters and through different predator issues we are down to 12 hens and 1 Roo. The hens have started laying in the last 2 weeks and we are considering ordering 6...