egg production decline

  1. snkjohnson

    Flock without water for days? Decline in eggs normal?

    I noticed the other day my flock of 14 chickens (8 months old) was out of water, I feel terrible! Weather has been nice, 50s-60s so not too hot. I have a huge automatic waterer and just didn't think they'd go through it so fast, so I didn't check it as frequently as I should have. They were...
  2. S

    1.5yo Heritage breeds 3 months no eggs

    Hey guys thanks for any help here I have 5 chooks all heritage breeds Australorp Wynadotte Orpington Plymouth rock Silkie All are only 1.5years old and I haven’t had a single egg for over 3-4 months from any of them. I find it super weird that all just stopped at the exact same time. They...
  3. urbaninsteading

    Annual Egg Production - Lights vs No Lights

    I'm looking at my first flock next year. We homestead on a .25 acres in a suburb of Minneapolis (zone 4b). We are allowed to have 4 hens (no roosters), no free-ranging, and no selling of eggs on prem. My family consists of my partner and I (and our 2 dogs, but we don't give them eggs) and we are...
  4. E

    Chickens and dog have Giardia and have to share a yard ... what would you do?

    I don't know which got it first, but the vet has confirmed and issued treatment for Giardia in the dog, and based on stool observations at least one of my 3 hens has it too (who are all currently being treated with metronidazole and a probiotic supplement). All 4 animals are forced to share...
  5. 4

    HELP! My chickens are slowing/stopping egg production at less than A YEAR old

    HELP! My chickens are slowing/stopping egg production at less than A YEAR old!! Please help! My chickens egg production was really great (I have four hens and we were getting 4 eggs a day) until a couple of weeks ago when we started getting 0-2 eggs a day. I thought it might be a calcium...
  6. H

    missing feathers, thin shells

    I have 10 hens: 4 Araucanas, 4 Barred Rocks, and 2 Lace Winged Wyandotte's. They were hatched March 2019 and layed 7-11 eggs daily. This year I'm getting 4-8 eggs daily I feed a popular chicken feed with oyster supplement. They also get fresh leftovers of meats and vegetables and chicken scratch...
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