She is not over weight - 2kg and felt on the normal range.
she is only getting layer pellets and no treats and is now over 40 weeks and not an egg
are there such things as eggless chickens?
An update on Arnold - she has now gone over a month with no eggs - its summer here in Sydney.
We received some more advice - saying that Arnold is over weight - she had access to grain and layer pellets all day and plenty of water. We cut out teh kitchen scraps but that has made no difference...
hi - we have a small coop that they sleep in and a run (3m x 6m) which are are confining them all in. We had been letting them into the backyard for an hour or 2 late in the day but they are digging relentlessly (chasing cicada's we think).
think we are forming teh conclusion that she is just a...
Our BA is 32 weeks and is also at the bottom of the peckign order (ISA Brown and Leghorn rule teh roost) and she too isnt laying - did yours eventually lay????
Well our Black Australorp is now 33 weeks and rarely lays an egg - in the last 6 weeks we have got 3 eggs
We are feeding her a quality layer pellet, we add shell grit and we have started meal worms as extra protein. We got advice form the produce store to cut out the kitchen scraps. We have...
we have a 27 week black australorp - laid the odd egg over teh last few weeks but we are still waiting for her to get into the egg laying pattern - she has been red for teh last 2 months.
we feed them layer pellets and a seed mix that is for Layers - purchased from local supplier. We also have shell grit available to them. They get teh kitchen scraps almost daily and about 4hrs a day to free range in the back yard where they make one hell of a mess :)
we gave them some sardines...
Hi - we have a 26 week old black Australorp (Arnold) - she (and her 2 friends) are in coop/run until 4pm each day and then free range until sunset when they are locked away each night. Feed is layer seed/pellets and kitchen scraps.
Arnold - yes she is a hen - laid her first egg 29 days ago...
Hi - we have 3 chickens
1. Leghorn - Headwig - Started laying 9/9 and hasnt missed a day since (49 days in row)
2. ISA Brown - Pigwigeon - Started layingn 8/9 - missed 4-5 days since
3. Australorp - Arnold - is a problem - laid the odd egg, squats, but we are starting t get worried.
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