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[Kiki]

Uh oh... I'm "Crowing". Does that mean that I need to hide from @Texas Kiki ?

Lol

I'm now thinking that I can go ahead and off all the rest of my males and just keep this one big boy in with his sisters... Instead of putting him with my older girls.

 

[BantyChooks]

Uh oh... I'm "Crowing". Does that mean that I need to hide from @Texas Kiki ?

Run for your life!!

 

[BantyChooks]

Hi!! I’ve been searching for an answer everywhere, and can’t seem to put my finger on my non exsistent egg issue! I thought this might be the best option for an answer!


I have two breeder sets, one set of jumbo coturnix and one set of a&m whites. 3 ladies to 1 roo. They’re in the same pen, but they are completely divided in half by plywood so they can’t see/interact. We bought them in early September and they were just over 6 weeks old and laying. They stopped laying about a week after, and I haven’t seen an egg since. I thought they were going through a molt, but it looks like that has ended and still no egg production. They’re eating a minimum of 20% feed with extra protein usually twice a week, like meal worms or sprouts. I’ve had Christmas lights up on a timer to make sure they’re getting their 16 hours of light. They don’t have mites and dust bathe in sand/dirt and DE weekly. What else can I do? Mind you, we purchased these strictly for egg production.



My mom bought the same amount, from the same person, at the same time, and all of hers are still laying every. single. day.

Welcome! Birds that have gone through a stressful event such as a move in housing often stop laying for a period of time.

 

[R2elk]

Lol

I'm now thinking that I can go ahead and off all the rest of my males and just keep this one big boy in with his sisters... Instead of putting him with my older girls.

You will get better genetic diversity by putting him in with hens that are not directly related to him.

 

[Kiki]

Hi!! I’ve been searching for an answer everywhere, and can’t seem to put my finger on my non exsistent egg issue! I thought this might be the best option for an answer!


I have two breeder sets, one set of jumbo coturnix and one set of a&m whites. 3 ladies to 1 roo. They’re in the same pen, but they are completely divided in half by plywood so they can’t see/interact. We bought them in early September and they were just over 6 weeks old and laying. They stopped laying about a week after, and I haven’t seen an egg since. I thought they were going through a molt, but it looks like that has ended and still no egg production. They’re eating a minimum of 20% feed with extra protein usually twice a week, like meal worms or sprouts. I’ve had Christmas lights up on a timer to make sure they’re getting their 16 hours of light. They don’t have mites and dust bathe in sand/dirt and DE weekly. What else can I do? Mind you, we purchased these strictly for egg production.



My mom bought the same amount, from the same person, at the same time, and all of hers are still laying every. single. day.

Welcome!
Sometimes moves are too stressful. Give them a few more weeks to get used to their new house.

How much calcium is in your feed?

 

[Kiki]

You will get better genetic diversity by putting him in with hens that are not directly related to him.

And since I've already taken his away from his sisters that integration can be just as ugly.


I'm about to move his cage next to his future ladies now.

 

[Kiki]

 

[Kiki]

 

[Kiki]

 

[Kiki]

Does direct sunlight or more light in general cause the dummies to molt more?


My two baby groups.
A
Dog cage with more light
They all are ugly right now like this:

The other cage has lots of feathers too but no one looks ugly.