We bought 11 female sexed chickens from MPC in April. (Shared the shipping with a friend, I only have 5 of these birds) Their hatch date is 4/9.
1 - EE - turned out to be a rooster (to be expected)
2 - EE - Died around 24 weeks from a prolasped egg
3 - EE - Laid first egg around 18 weeks, started molting in November (7 months old)
4 - NHR - Died of being a chicken around 20 weeks (snapped neck in wire net)
5 - NHR - Has never laid an egg
6 - SLW - died in early November from what looks like an infection, never laid an egg
7 - SLW - Has never laid an egg, is a little immature looking
8 - SLW - Started laying around 28 weeks
9 - SLW - Has never laid an egg, shows no sign of maturing
10 - GLW - Started laying around 26 weeks
11 - GLW - Has never laid an egg, is a little immature looking
So out of 11 chickens:
3 have ever laid eggs, only 2 currently are laying.
3 are dead.
1 is a rooster
and 4 still haven't reached maturity at 36 weeks.
Was this a bad batch or is this normal? The deaths seem reasonable, we expected them to not all to make it, but the maturity issue seems a bit off...

1 - EE - turned out to be a rooster (to be expected)
2 - EE - Died around 24 weeks from a prolasped egg
3 - EE - Laid first egg around 18 weeks, started molting in November (7 months old)
4 - NHR - Died of being a chicken around 20 weeks (snapped neck in wire net)
5 - NHR - Has never laid an egg
6 - SLW - died in early November from what looks like an infection, never laid an egg
7 - SLW - Has never laid an egg, is a little immature looking
8 - SLW - Started laying around 28 weeks
9 - SLW - Has never laid an egg, shows no sign of maturing
10 - GLW - Started laying around 26 weeks
11 - GLW - Has never laid an egg, is a little immature looking
So out of 11 chickens:
3 have ever laid eggs, only 2 currently are laying.
3 are dead.
1 is a rooster
and 4 still haven't reached maturity at 36 weeks.
Was this a bad batch or is this normal? The deaths seem reasonable, we expected them to not all to make it, but the maturity issue seems a bit off...
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