- May 1, 2012
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A little background first - I have 3 Golden Sexlinks and 2 Marans.
They are all babies from this year. The exact age of the Marans is unknown to me but they are the oldest of the bunch and, at one point I know that at least one of them was laying but I don't know if both gals were ever laying.
The same goes with the sexlinks. I think the most eggs I had in any one day was two, however, they could have been alternating laying days so I don't really know for sure on that. The Marans I'm pretty sure just one was laying because the color of egg was always very consistent.
So - on average I got three eggs/day. One Marans and two sexlinks. Then that dwindled to just two eggs, then one...then none.
Then my husband and I put some orange LED rope light we had out there, set on a timer recently after the egg production went down and that started it back up to two eggs for one day but now I'm only getting one egg. A sexlink egg.
I really would like to be able to get a couple more eggs. I know I can't make them do anything but is there anything else I can do?
I give them layer feed, fresh greens, yummy leftovers from the kitchen, fruit, scratch, and plenty of fresh water.
I'm at a loss. I don't know if the supplemental light I'm providing is enough. Does color matter? Seems silly but it is orange...I didn't think they would care. I chose LED so that there would be no chance of fire.
They are all babies from this year. The exact age of the Marans is unknown to me but they are the oldest of the bunch and, at one point I know that at least one of them was laying but I don't know if both gals were ever laying.
The same goes with the sexlinks. I think the most eggs I had in any one day was two, however, they could have been alternating laying days so I don't really know for sure on that. The Marans I'm pretty sure just one was laying because the color of egg was always very consistent.
So - on average I got three eggs/day. One Marans and two sexlinks. Then that dwindled to just two eggs, then one...then none.
Then my husband and I put some orange LED rope light we had out there, set on a timer recently after the egg production went down and that started it back up to two eggs for one day but now I'm only getting one egg. A sexlink egg.
I really would like to be able to get a couple more eggs. I know I can't make them do anything but is there anything else I can do?
I give them layer feed, fresh greens, yummy leftovers from the kitchen, fruit, scratch, and plenty of fresh water.
I'm at a loss. I don't know if the supplemental light I'm providing is enough. Does color matter? Seems silly but it is orange...I didn't think they would care. I chose LED so that there would be no chance of fire.
Now, just the golden commets are laying. Zippo from the RR. Should I be worried or is it normal for production to suddenly turn off in fall like that? I don't see any signs of moulting but I also haven't seen one before so not sure what I would see.
