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  1. ozarkchickadee

    My 19 mos old RIR hens have quit laying

    Update ! All 3 of my younger birds are laying & 2 of the older birds have started laying as well. The 19 mos old seem to have a calcium deficiency (their eggs shells are noticeably thinner & lighter) altho they are getting a balanced egg layer crumbles , scratch grain & daytime free range. Guess...
  2. ozarkchickadee

    My 19 mos old RIR hens have quit laying

    No artificial lights. I haven't dusted for mites but no fleas or ticks. Their feathers are all back in & they are otherwise healthy , happy chickens. All the hens quit laying one by one. My 5 mo old birds started laying last week & this morning I got one egg which looks like one older bird has...
  3. ozarkchickadee

    My 19 mos old RIR hens have quit laying

    My RIR hens went through a fall molt in Nov (actually stopped laying completely at 17 mos). Not one egg ! I have wormed them, upped their protein with soybean meal (the get egg crumbles & scratch & free range during the day). My other batches of RIR's layed up into the 5th year & never slowed...
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