We have 11 young hens (and one young roo). The youngest was hatched in October, the oldest is less than 2 years. We get between 1 and 3 eggs a day.
We live in Oregon, so it is cool and dreary here, They stopped laying in December when we got a storm. Since then I have adjusted the flock a bit, selling a few older hens, and buying two pullets.
They have an outside run 8x24 ft and the coop is a converted tuffshed. The shed was 8x10 and feed goes in the front 3.5 feet and chickens have the back 6.5 feet. We put in a window, there is insulation, plenty of roosting space and 3 nesting boxes.
We are feeding layer pellets, available at all times. I toss out oystershells into the run whenever they use or burry them.
WHY?? Are we not getting more eggs??!!
Am I expecting to be getting eggs too early in the year? Am I doing something wrong? I don't really want to put a light in the coop, I would think they have enough, the window is on the south side.
They are:
Buff Orph
Black Austro
Black Star
Silver Wynadot
2 Barnevelders
2 RiReds
speckeled don't know
fat white don't know
Oct chick of fat white don't know.
I know some get eggs all winter, but for those that took a few months off, when do they really pick up again??
Thanks for any ideas.
We live in Oregon, so it is cool and dreary here, They stopped laying in December when we got a storm. Since then I have adjusted the flock a bit, selling a few older hens, and buying two pullets.
They have an outside run 8x24 ft and the coop is a converted tuffshed. The shed was 8x10 and feed goes in the front 3.5 feet and chickens have the back 6.5 feet. We put in a window, there is insulation, plenty of roosting space and 3 nesting boxes.
We are feeding layer pellets, available at all times. I toss out oystershells into the run whenever they use or burry them.
WHY?? Are we not getting more eggs??!!
Am I expecting to be getting eggs too early in the year? Am I doing something wrong? I don't really want to put a light in the coop, I would think they have enough, the window is on the south side.
They are:
Buff Orph
Black Austro
Black Star
Silver Wynadot
2 Barnevelders
2 RiReds
speckeled don't know
fat white don't know
Oct chick of fat white don't know.
I know some get eggs all winter, but for those that took a few months off, when do they really pick up again??
Thanks for any ideas.
