3 year old golden laced wyandottes lay very few eggs.

[Chicken fried2]

I have 5 of these chickens , they are about 3 years and have never really laid many eggs, maybe 2 a day, thought it would be more. They are feed klambach hen house reserve feed wet down. It seems like I would get more from 5 hens.
Any thoughts or ideas about this?

Thanks

 

[Laurasb65]

A lot depends on the breed. The breed you have layes 200 to 260 eggs a year. Maybe try the Kalmbach layer feed 18%. They may not be getting enough from the house reserve. I’ve given the house reserve as treat a couple times a week.
If you're giving a lot of treats like fruits and vegetables, that may reduce egg production to. 90% chicken feed to 10% treats. 10% is about a tablespoon per chicken. Hope this helps.

 

[Chicken fried2]

Thank you it gives me something to look at.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Nearly all layer feeds are at the minimum protein level (16%) for commercial mass production egg farms.

If you’re otherwise happy with the Henhouse Reserve whole grain feed, just plan to supplement with an ounce or so of animal protein - ground beef, tuna, sardines, scrambled eggs, etc.

If you’re not sold on whole-grain “mash-type” feeds like HHR, you can just switch to an 18% or 20% protein all-flock pelleted or crumble feed AND provide oyster shell (and crushed egg shell) on the side, not mixed into their feed, and let them feed ad.lib. on the shell, trusting them to know what they need.

This calcium (shell) supplementation is MANDATORY when layers are not on layer feeds, and very advisable even when they are.

 

[nuthatched]

At three, they're not going to be producing eggs like a one year old, the wyandotte breed isn't a heavy layer.

 

[SkyAJK]

I have 2 Wyandottes and they are 2+ years old.

I have a Silver Laced Wyandotte that just returned to egg laying after more than 9 months of not doing egg laying. I asked her what took her so long...? Her reply was resting, molting and then winter, she does not lay egg in winter so she said.....

She lays about 2 eggs a week, pointy cream looking egg.

My Golden Laced Wyandotte took 6+ months of same excuses and lay around 2 eggs a week...that is if she feels like it.

Their feed is 17.5% protein in winter and get some green, sometimes fruits, sprout each day of small portion.

As chickens get older, their egg might reduced. My 2 above hardly lay much egg from the start anyway.

They both are beautiful, healthy, full set of smooth silky beautiful feather.

Perhaps you might like to think about adding a few layer breed, but beware they might have reproductive issues for laying too many eggs. It is painful to see them suffer.

I don't know much about many different chicken breed to suggest.