Susan Houlihan
In the Brooder
- Sep 25, 2020
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I have 15 hens, no roosters. Half buff orpington, half auracana. For the last 3 weeks ZERO eggs. Half of these girls are pullets and we changed their feed from grower to adult layer pellets about 3 weeks, which I attribute to the change in egg production. But they laid eggs (the hens, not pullets of course) on this exact layer pellet feed. They have huge chx run, 2 water sources, 10 hr natural light, 6 hr light on timer in coop, not obvious molting (and if 1 or 2 birds are molting it shouldn't completely cease all egg production), they get occasional snacks and some free ranging, no predators, no illness that is obvious, only 1 broody hen who sits in nest box all day. What is the scoop? They had access to this layer feed all year but of course the hens preferred to eat the pullet feed when that was around. But now that it's gone (when pullets hit 18 weeks), they slowed down their eating on this layer pellet. What to do?