- Apr 21, 2014
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Hi,
I have 19 chickens.
5 are > 5 years old. Brown egg layers. Last year layed an egg every other day or so.
10 are 2 1/2 years old. White Egg Layers. I believe they are white leghorns. Smaller chickens, LARGE white egs.
4 are less than one year, and are laying large brown eggs, of the 4 I get 2 or 3 a day right now. every day.
Of 10 white ones, I may get one or maybe two white eggs every two, and up to 3 days apart. So I am only getting 3 or 4 eggs a day out of 19 chickens.
The background:
They are all in a pen. Uncovered. Large enough for all of them. Have cover and a roost and 3 boxes for laying.
The Older brown layers are are just that. Old. Never gave me one every day since I acquired them a year ago.
But the white ones started giving me eggs 4 months after I put them in. At the time I had 15 chickens, and got as many as from 10 to 14 a day. 7 a day was a bad day, and usually when they molted.
I live in Middle Arkansas south of little rock. Malvern.
Back in April of 2016, this year, we had a storm with strait line winds that fell a very large tree and demolished the pen. None of the chickens got hurt. amazing. but were traumatized I know.
We had to house them temporarily for a week while I built another pen.
That's the one they are in now and have been since late April.
They were laying eggs for a while, but I have never gotten over 7 in one day since then. and now, I think some are molting, but i'm getting nothing compared to what I was.
Is there a reason this may be happening at this time of year?
Can they still be traumatized?
I feed them layer pellets.
I give them Oyster shells and worm snack. Always with water. plenty shade and shelter, and even some sun during the daytime, but not a ton, as they are in amongst trees.
I just want to understand. Who knows. I may type this out and the very next day get 19 eggs..
Thanks in advance.
Rj Coats
I have 19 chickens.
5 are > 5 years old. Brown egg layers. Last year layed an egg every other day or so.
10 are 2 1/2 years old. White Egg Layers. I believe they are white leghorns. Smaller chickens, LARGE white egs.
4 are less than one year, and are laying large brown eggs, of the 4 I get 2 or 3 a day right now. every day.
Of 10 white ones, I may get one or maybe two white eggs every two, and up to 3 days apart. So I am only getting 3 or 4 eggs a day out of 19 chickens.
The background:
They are all in a pen. Uncovered. Large enough for all of them. Have cover and a roost and 3 boxes for laying.
The Older brown layers are are just that. Old. Never gave me one every day since I acquired them a year ago.
But the white ones started giving me eggs 4 months after I put them in. At the time I had 15 chickens, and got as many as from 10 to 14 a day. 7 a day was a bad day, and usually when they molted.
I live in Middle Arkansas south of little rock. Malvern.
Back in April of 2016, this year, we had a storm with strait line winds that fell a very large tree and demolished the pen. None of the chickens got hurt. amazing. but were traumatized I know.
We had to house them temporarily for a week while I built another pen.
That's the one they are in now and have been since late April.
They were laying eggs for a while, but I have never gotten over 7 in one day since then. and now, I think some are molting, but i'm getting nothing compared to what I was.
Is there a reason this may be happening at this time of year?
Can they still be traumatized?
I feed them layer pellets.
I give them Oyster shells and worm snack. Always with water. plenty shade and shelter, and even some sun during the daytime, but not a ton, as they are in amongst trees.
I just want to understand. Who knows. I may type this out and the very next day get 19 eggs..
Thanks in advance.
Rj Coats
