- Aug 9, 2011
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Greetings to everyone at BCY. I have greatly enjoyed your website and learn a lot from you guys. I am the proud mamma of 5 delawares= Mr. Rooster and the Girls (4 hens).
I had 5 hens but one escaped the coop and was over taken by a predator. Prior to the loss of one of the girls, all hens, except the one we lost were laying around and egg a day. Now they seem to be only one hen laying. We had to reinforce the coop to prevent, what we think is a rat from taking the eggs. We have found egg shells outside the pen, but since the reinforcement think we have foiled the egg thief. Could the hens no be laying due to stress over the loss of their group??
Need some insight.
With deep appreciation
Liz Vallot
I had 5 hens but one escaped the coop and was over taken by a predator. Prior to the loss of one of the girls, all hens, except the one we lost were laying around and egg a day. Now they seem to be only one hen laying. We had to reinforce the coop to prevent, what we think is a rat from taking the eggs. We have found egg shells outside the pen, but since the reinforcement think we have foiled the egg thief. Could the hens no be laying due to stress over the loss of their group??
Need some insight.
With deep appreciation
Liz Vallot
