Frustrated with Production for Months

[Mother of Chaos]

Nope. I'll be setting up a tempting nest of eggs on the floor of the hen house - hot wired.

That should do it!

Although I once had a male Golden retriever who was driven to fulfill his fate of fathering an infinitude of half-GR puppies throughout the land. I strung an electric wire along the inside of the backyard fence, and one day I looked out, and he was chewing on it. Chew, chew, chew; pause; shake head vigorously; chew, chew, chew.

Although one day he hiked his leg on it, and that was pretty epic. He went under the house and stayed there for a while...

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That should do it!

Although I once had a male Golden retriever who was driven to fulfill his fate of fathering an infinitude of half-GR puppies throughout the land. I strung an electric wire along the inside of the backyard fence, and one day I looked out, and he was chewing on it. Chew, chew, chew; pause; shake head vigorously; chew, chew, chew.

That's incredible!

Although one day he hiked his leg on it, and that was pretty epic. He went under the house and stayed there for a while...

I had a Golden that did that too, poor guy. My neighbor had a wire around his property for some reason, about 2' above the ground. My dog was doing nothing wrong, just happily trotting along beside me as I rode my horse. Yah, electricity's pretty convincing.

 

[sunnysideohio]

What's their diet?
What are their ages?
What source are you basing your egg expectations on?

Diet
Diet is the NatureWise All Flock plus garden scraps, a bit of scratch grains here and there, also whatever they find roaming in the chicken yard.

They don't quite free range, but have a yard 200 feet on the perimeter / circumference.

Access to plenty of grit and oyster shell by the feeding station.

Ages
Ages range from 25 weeks to 3 years old.

Expectations
Source is mainly my experience of how many they usually lay and some online guidance based on breeds.

 

[sunnysideohio]

And what breeds?

Breeds:
2 Light Brahmas
3 Olive Eggers
2 Rhode Island Reds
3 Barred Rock
1 Wellsummer
3 Easter Eggers
2 Black Sex Links
1 Amber Link
Rest are barnyard mix