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I have 12 production red hens and 1 production red rooster. All are almost 7months old. I have been getting 6 to 8 eggs a day for about 3 weeks now. Why are the eggs small? I understood that the production red lays a lage to very large egg. How long does it take for the chicken to stop...

We just started a flock of production reds. They just hit 24 weeks and last week we started getting 2-4 eggs per day from 12 hens. They are laying them anywhere but the nesting boxes and the eggs are small. Most are no bigger than a bantam egg. Will the size improve. We had researched and was...

We have purchased 15 production red hens and one rooster. Will we loose traits breeding a production red hen and rooster since they are hybrids?

We purchased 11 seven month old Rhode Island Red Hens a week ago today. Yesterday morning when I went to the coop, I had three dead. THis morning there are three more dead I can't find any marks that something killed them. I know have two others of the new hens acting sluggish. None of my...

We should be done molting, but our egg production is down by 65%. We feed and mix of a five grain scratch and 18% crumble. We have noticed that lately they act hungry all the time, but they are leaving more and more of the crumble daily. Any suggestions? We have been thinking about mixing...

Looking to find some people that mix their own feed. We currently feed an 18% opti-lay crumble mixed 3:1 with a 5 grain scratch. We recently talked to someone that buys supplies in bulk and mixes their own and are very interested in doing this.

Is there a set amount of feed we should feed per hen? It seems our hens always act hungry. We feed twice a day and offer treats too.