harmesonfarm
Songster
We adopted 6 older chickens from a farmer who had too many so were not sure of their ages other than that he said they ranged between 2-3 years old.
This past winter we got a range of eggs between 1-3 a day, 3 being on a rarer day for sure.
Now with it being spring and longer days we've expected to get more but were lucky right now to get 1 a day...they do free-range the yard but mostly one always lays in the nesting box and sometimes i'll find a few in the yard.
Were pretty sure that not all of them are laying and were looking to improve our egg amounts with younger hens, we've found someone who has an older hen sanctuary that we want to give our non-layers to.
I've heard of looking at the comb but then also heard it's not accurate?
any and all help would be greatly appreciated! we just can't afford to have chickens that aren't giving us a return in eggs...
This past winter we got a range of eggs between 1-3 a day, 3 being on a rarer day for sure.
Now with it being spring and longer days we've expected to get more but were lucky right now to get 1 a day...they do free-range the yard but mostly one always lays in the nesting box and sometimes i'll find a few in the yard.
Were pretty sure that not all of them are laying and were looking to improve our egg amounts with younger hens, we've found someone who has an older hen sanctuary that we want to give our non-layers to.
I've heard of looking at the comb but then also heard it's not accurate?
any and all help would be greatly appreciated! we just can't afford to have chickens that aren't giving us a return in eggs...