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Hi everyone,
We just got six leghorn chickens. The people we got them from said they are "about" six months old. They had about 25 chickens and said they had just started laying. They were confined to a coop there.
We put them in our barn where there is lots of room for them to roost and rest and plenty of shelter. We put up a nesting "condo" in the barn with about 12 nesting boxes which we put fresh hay in. I don't think they've discovered the nesting boxes yet. They are also free range and can leave the barn at will. They have started leaving the barn but are staying very near.
We haven't seen any eggs yet. Do you think they are still stressed from the move or maybe these six hadn't started laying yet? They also don't seem to be eating much of the scratch or vegetable clippings we've fed them so far. They seem much more interested in what they are finding in the ground.
Any ideas how we could encourage them laying?
Thanks
We just got six leghorn chickens. The people we got them from said they are "about" six months old. They had about 25 chickens and said they had just started laying. They were confined to a coop there.
We put them in our barn where there is lots of room for them to roost and rest and plenty of shelter. We put up a nesting "condo" in the barn with about 12 nesting boxes which we put fresh hay in. I don't think they've discovered the nesting boxes yet. They are also free range and can leave the barn at will. They have started leaving the barn but are staying very near.
We haven't seen any eggs yet. Do you think they are still stressed from the move or maybe these six hadn't started laying yet? They also don't seem to be eating much of the scratch or vegetable clippings we've fed them so far. They seem much more interested in what they are finding in the ground.
Any ideas how we could encourage them laying?
Thanks