Hey all,
I've been raising chickens for decades and have never seen this before. I recently moved to small town and took my small coop with me. I finally got it up and running. I grabbed 2 full sized birds in June. Neither are laying. It's been almost 5 months. They came from a farm in a 10x10 cage with 30 other birds. Now they have a big warm coop and and safe run. I've changed their diet a few times. During the summer they got frozen watermelon, essentially, they are spoiled. No eggs. They're not roosters if that's what you're thinking. I've put fake eggs in the nesting boxes as well. I live in the midwest so there's plenty of sun during summer. I'm wondering if there is something I'm missing. I've alway had great success with laying chickens. Any advice would be most appreciated.
I've been raising chickens for decades and have never seen this before. I recently moved to small town and took my small coop with me. I finally got it up and running. I grabbed 2 full sized birds in June. Neither are laying. It's been almost 5 months. They came from a farm in a 10x10 cage with 30 other birds. Now they have a big warm coop and and safe run. I've changed their diet a few times. During the summer they got frozen watermelon, essentially, they are spoiled. No eggs. They're not roosters if that's what you're thinking. I've put fake eggs in the nesting boxes as well. I live in the midwest so there's plenty of sun during summer. I'm wondering if there is something I'm missing. I've alway had great success with laying chickens. Any advice would be most appreciated.