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[Lisetteg7]

Need some advice! I have 5 hens and 1 rooster. They will be 30 weeks old on Wednesday.
All are Rhode Island Reds. A couple of weeks ago 2 were laying eggs. Now it’s only 1.

I’m giving them Grubbly Farms layer feed and giving them crushed oysters (which they don’t care for)

 

[Debbie292d]

It's good to keep the crushed oyster out anyway, as if they need it, they'll eat it; otherwise, they usually don't.

Could it be an early molt going on? I know here in WI, we had some scorching weather last week, but then this week it's so cold the furnace kicked in. Ours have been a bit sporadic the past week or two as well. I have one molting but she's the only one for whatever reason.

 

[Lisetteg7]

I don’t see any of the molting. I wonder if it was too hot this summer. It was brutally hot for a while. The weather is finally better now in the 80’s.

That’s a good idea, I’ll leave the oysters out

Thank You