henexpertwannabe
In the Brooder
- Sep 22, 2021
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hello we are new to backyard chickens....recently got 2 young austrolorp hens (6 months old). when i first got them a few weeks ago, i had them in a makeshift coop and used a cardboard box with a hole in it for roosting and they were laying eggs here and there. i just got a new coop for them a week and a half ago and this one is a professional kind/safer although it is a little smaller, but it has a nesting box with it. anyways they stopped laying eggs altogether ever since i moved them to the new coop but they do sleep in it. we let them roam around the backyard during the day. another difference is that this new coop is on concrete with bedding inside for them to rest/walk on, while the old one was in the dirt. i looked for eggs around my backyard that maybe they were hiding but didn't see any. what am I doing wrong? how do i get them to lay eggs again?
I also set up a separate roosting box outside the coop but they don't go in it.
I also set up a separate roosting box outside the coop but they don't go in it.