I have 10 pullets 7 months old and one roo. I live in ohio and have been getting at least half dozen a day. Put them on layer feed and free choice crushed Oyster shell. I noticed when I don't put the Oyster shells in i get two eggs instead of 6. Before winter I was getting 9 or 10 a day
I moved the waterer and saw nothing abnormal. Still getting the worms though. Weird because the chickens won't drink the water if worms are present. I ordered a waterer I am going to hang and see of that helps.
Hello all in chicken land! I have a secondary smaller flock which keep separate from my layers, they are a few months from laying. The past few mornings I go out to refill chickens water and found small white maggot like worms in the water. The chickens will not drink the water with the worms...
I used bird netting from Amazon after I lost one of my pullets. Seems to work great. The hawk kept coming back after it tasted the first chicken head! Was never able to get in and it kept the chickens in when the hawk showed up. When we lost ours it had flown out of the run to escape the hawk...