Eggs

[Mychicks56]

I have 9 hens and sometimes I’m only getting 4 to 5 eggs addy sometimes 3 shouldn’t I be getting 9? Is there something I’m not giving them?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Hi there, hope you are enjoying BYC!

What is the age and breed of your hens? What do you feed on a regular basis including treats and supplements? Any free range hidden nest?

Many dual purpose hens or blue egg layers will only lay every other day at best.. once mature.

 

[Mychicks56]

Hi there, hope you are enjoying BYC!

What is the age and breed of your hens? What do you feed on a regular basis including treats and supplements? Any free range hidden nest?

Many dual purpose hens or blue egg layers will only lay every other day at best.. once mature.

2 years they have crumble and scratch for Daily food treats I give the mill worms ground up broccoli or watermelon when in season I’ve checked for hidden asked as I let them out of their coop in the range on our grass in the front yard and backyard but not all of them are laying

 

[Acre4Me]

Breeds can be a factor, as can age, and molt status. Light has a big impact, but assume you are located in a place that is moving into summer time right now, and likely getting enough light to lay.

I have 10 hens across 7 breeds. We typically get 5-7 eggs a day (full range of 3-8 eggs/day). Two are pullets age 8 months, and 8 are hens age 15 months. Approx 3 have molted so far and are back to laying, but that means the other 5 are due to molt in the next few months, which means no eggs for a time while they molt. Hoping the 7 pullets we have that are 3.5 months old will begin to lay a few weeks from now, then we might just have some eggs to give away.

Good luck.

 

[Mychicks56]

2 years they have crumble and scratch for Daily food treats I give the mill worms ground up broccoli or watermelon when in season I’ve checked for hidden asked as I let them out of their coop in the range on our grass in the front yard and backyard but not all of them are laying[

 

[starri33]

Do you know what breed your hens are? I have sexlinks who when they were younger were producing a egg a day, now that they are older 3.5 yrs, they've slowed down a lot. My others who are mixed are every other day. As EggSighted4life asked, what are you feeding them? mine get layer pellets, scratch as treats along with kitchen scraps sometimes, the scratch and kitchen scrapes are only given as treats, not full time food.

 

[Birdsong 82]

What is breed? Thats a big factor. Sometimes climate can be a factor to

 

[Mychicks56]

Do you know what breed your hens are? I have sexlinks who when they were younger were producing a egg a day, now that they are older 3.5 yrs, they've slowed down a lot. My others who are mixed are every other day. As EggSighted4life asked, what are you feeding them? mine get layer pellets, scratch as treats along with kitchen scraps sometimes, the scratch and kitchen scrapes are only given as treats, not full time food.

I have two barred rock for sex links to Americanos and one Rhode Island red

 

[Birdsong 82]

I’ve had ones going strong for over 3 years before any decline and some I saw a decline at 2 1/2 years.

 

[Criticalicious]

This sounds like a normal number of eggs. It takes 24 to 36 hours to produce an egg, and hens slow down as they age past 2 years.