that's kinda what i'm thinking! i am gonna try the extra protein idea and see if that makes a difference. if not, i'm gonna haul them up to the local feed store and advertise "free, worthless, no egg laying, hens! get em while the last!"
then i'll order me some auracana/americauan eggs and...
i am at a loss...i'm going on 6 months now without a single egg. no shells anywhere - not in the nesting boxes, nor when i clean out the shavings on the floor of the coop. nothing out in the pen either. i mean not a single trace of an egg or part of an egg. they get plenty of sun, and when...
i have raised chickens my entire life. currently i have a two year old flock of wyandottes - beautiful birds, and a couple of older hens. i haven't done anything different, and my coop and pen have been established for 10 years. i have always had eggs during every season - the number might...