Hi Dee,
welcome to the thread. The vitamin advice seems sound. A very experienced commercial poultryman mate of mine advised me to 'put a slurp of Pentavite in their drinking water and don't use chemically treated water to do it!" Not sure whether you have Pentavite there, but it's just a common liquid multivitamin for kids - human ones! He also recommended adding powdered milk to the mash "if you can get them to eat it. If not, get milk into them any way you can." There is a woman here who does all the markets with her "Laying Spice Blend." It's just a 'secret' blend of common food spices such as cummin, chillie etc. She told me that it raises the body temp. and encourages laying, especially in cold climates. She advised me not to use it in summer or hot weather. Perhaps someone can give more accurate spice info. My older Aussie girls go more into graceful decline rather than all stop laying at once. This is my experience with Isa type 'breeds' that basically have planned obsolescence built in so you have to buy more every 3 years. If yours are feedstore 'Aussies', rather than purebred, they may have this tendency too. Good luck!
Geoff from Aus
