egg production way down!

[trunkman]

I have 8 one year old hens, 3, 24 week old pullets and 11 16 week old EE's. Over the past two weeks I've watched my production go from about 8 to 9 eggs a day to 3 or 4 eggs a day. The 24 week olds should be laying by now, and the one year olds should be in their prime, for a total of 11 hens I'm only getting a few eggs a day. There's no sign of danger from predators, no stress from too many Roos, only one mature roo and two cockerels and no fighting. I got rid of 13 Roos a couple of weeks ago that came from the hatch and EE purchase. They are in a 2000 square foot run and have fresh water at all times, have layer feed at all times, get watermelon and cantaloupe treats every few days and a scoop of scratch a day, am I doing anything wrong and why is the production down??

 

[chicmom]

How hot is it where you are? Heat can make egg production go down. Sounds like you're taking great care of them. How about worming them....Maybe they need a good worming.

 

[benjoycei]

I have 6 hens... they are being slack about laying too..I don't know what's going on

 

[Animalian]

By any chance could they be laying somewhere else in a hiding place?

I found if my girls got a bit slack that giving them a few pieces of beef each used to start them churning out the eggs again

 

[trunkman]

It has been hot here, in the lower to middle 90's. How do I check for worms?