- Aug 2, 2014
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I have three Rhode Island reds who are not laying anything. One is older but the other two should be getting out an egg a day or two. I don't use lighting. Any suggestions?
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Our typical daily gathering is 16-24 with 29 hens of varying age and breeds. Then time change came and our egg production fell to about 3-6 a day by November. This was our first Winter with chickens, EVER. My Mom and Dad have chickens and Mom suggested that we put a light in our coop, set it up on a timer to come on at 4am. We then set the light timer to go off an hour after sun-up. My Husband was sceptical...the proof came in the egg production!! Within a week, our gathering went back to summer numbers... IN JANUARY the gifts from our hens were still at 16-21 DAILY! This is the truth from our KY coop!Ok, so I am so tired of hearing this " I get an egg a day from all my hens" (in like January!!!!)
I have beautiful healthy free ranging hens- They get free choice pellets. BOSS almost every day/or every other day (about 1 cup maybe)? and daily kitchen scraps.
.....and I get about 10 eggs a day from 20 hens.Thats on a good day in sunny but cold March. In January? Maybe 4-5 a day.
I have 3 hens that are 2.5 yr old.
I have 15 hens that are 1.5 yr old
I have 2 hens that are almost 1 yr old.
I have (2)danish brown leghorn, (3)welsummer, (3)Silver Laced Wyandotte, (1)Cream Legbar and (11) Easter Eggers
On a really good day I would get 14-17. In spring. How are all these people getting an egg a day?????