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Come February 2021 I will have gone through my first year with chickens. This site has taught me so much and I appreciate how engaged everyone is. I love having chickens! Thank you to those that were spot on in identifying Fowl Pox recently. I ordered and vaccinated the 4 with the help of my husband. So far no more outbreaks.
I have a small flock of 2 Silver laced Wyandottes and 2 that were sold to me as EE. It became obvious they are not. Besides not knowing what they are, they will be 10 months old next week and haven’t laid a single egg. They go into the nest boxes occasionally, but nada. And now, they have begun molting heading into winter. We’re in Southeast Texas so winters are brutal but it can get below freezing. The Wyandottes started dependently laying at 7 months. I put them all on Layena layer feed at 6 months as the Wyandotte’s were showing all the right maturity signs. I also added crushed oyster shells and they have always had access to fresh water.
The mystery chickens are blackish with iridescent green feathers. The larger one has brown feathers as well. So what are they and why are they molting at basically 10 months heading into winter and why no eggs? I am so confused. The closest I can tell is black Australorp crossbred?
I have a small flock of 2 Silver laced Wyandottes and 2 that were sold to me as EE. It became obvious they are not. Besides not knowing what they are, they will be 10 months old next week and haven’t laid a single egg. They go into the nest boxes occasionally, but nada. And now, they have begun molting heading into winter. We’re in Southeast Texas so winters are brutal but it can get below freezing. The Wyandottes started dependently laying at 7 months. I put them all on Layena layer feed at 6 months as the Wyandotte’s were showing all the right maturity signs. I also added crushed oyster shells and they have always had access to fresh water.
The mystery chickens are blackish with iridescent green feathers. The larger one has brown feathers as well. So what are they and why are they molting at basically 10 months heading into winter and why no eggs? I am so confused. The closest I can tell is black Australorp crossbred?