Thank you everyone. I think one of my best layers is not laying because it seems she is going through a soft molt. My hens are 15 months old and the lack of sunlight due to overcast skies could have spurred this on. I know it is a molt because her entire butt is bare and I keep finding more and...
The temperature by me is right now is mid to high 60s. Summer is usually low to mid 80s. Sometimes we will get a hot spell in August, but by the ocean it usually is low 90s.
Good to know about the eggs. The chicken sources I have read before getting chickens gave barred rocks a high laying...
That might be it. I am seeing some feathers here and there, but thought it was normal. I thought they melted in fall. That is why I give them sardines for the protein and other nutrients.
OK. I am getting one every other day or so. I thought barred rocks were good layers.
Thanks. I thought I was feeding them fine. The bulk of their diet is the grain feed. I also use acv in their water. I am getting eggs, j7st not 1 a day from each. I may try wetting the feed they eat for better absorption.
I need some answers. I'm banging my head as to why my hens are not laying regularly. Excuse the long post, but I want to give a complete picture of what is and has been done.
My 3 hens, barred rocks are now a little over a year old. We have been getting eggs regularly until just recently. And I...