What is knockout feed? Are you feeding a source of Calcium. Oyster shell is a good source and so is their used egg shells. Just smash them up and bake them at 350 for about 5 mins. Watch them closely they will burn. Then I grind them fine in a small chopper ( one for onions or nuts in cooking) and feed them back to the chickens. I put them right in their feed. Are they eating, drinking and pooping ok. Any seem sick, lethargic or just sitting around. I feed 20% protein along with mealworms ( high protein) also. Eggs are mostly protein. We and our chickens are what we eat. Protein in Protein out. Their egg factory requires protein. Also, possibility of being egg bound. If they haven't laid in 2 weeks that's unlikely. They probably wouldn't be here. Also, chickens lay only so many eggs a year. Say 200 just for easy math. That leaves 165 days they don't lay. Some times that's a day or two here and there but it might be a longer stretch.
I've only caught him in the act once.
I tried to look up online what all was in the knockout but I couldn't find it, it has a lot of different seeds in it, oats and Corn, looks quite tasty if I was a bird lol. I haven't been feeding their shells back to them because I thought that was only if their shells were brittle, but I'll try that as well. Thank you.
They are a cheap form of CA++. That knockout feed doesn't sound like it has enough protein. IMHO. I'm not a dietician.
Would be good to know, and every chickeneer should, what is the nutritional make up of all they are feeding. Every feed bag should have this info on a tag sewn into bottom of bag...ingredients and percentages of essential nutrients, especially protein and calcium.
