27 hens, 17 eggs a day?

[Duckbreeder2020]

Hi fellow BYC’ers!
I have 27 ISA brown hens and they are almost a year old now actually. We got them in Summer 2020. When they first started laying they layed 20-23 eggs everyday, now I’m only getting 15-17 eggs a day.

I know ISA browns die earlier then most breeds, but they aren’t even a year old yet so I wouldn’t think that’s the reason they slowed down on laying eggs.
Could is possibly be my run space? (I currently have to many chickens in there but we are going to expand it)

I’m still learning a lot about chickens, so is this just a normal behaviour?

 

[Sue Gremlin]

They tend to cut back when it gets very hot outside.

 

[Duckbreeder2020]

They tend to cut back when it gets very hot outside.

Ohhh ok thanks!

 

[Gaming ducky]

Hi fellow BYC’ers!
I have 27 ISA brown hens and they are almost a year old now actually. We got them in Summer 2020. When they first started laying they layed 20-23 eggs everyday, now I’m only getting 15-17 eggs a day.

I know ISA browns die earlier then most breeds, but they aren’t even a year old yet so I wouldn’t think that’s the reason they slowed down on laying eggs.
Could is possibly be my run space? (I currently have to many chickens in there but we are going to expand it)

I’m still learning a lot about chickens, so is this just a normal behaviour?

How much space is there in the nesting boxes?

 

[Duckbreeder2020]

How much space is there in the nesting boxes?

Hi I actually solved the problem, but there is enough for 40 birds

 

[Gaming ducky]

Hi I actually solved the problem, but there is enough for 40 birds

Ok

 

[Gaming ducky]

Ok

What I was thinking is maybe they tried to be Broody and wasted the space by sitting there