How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

That is really odd to not get any at all, I remember you posting when it first started. What breeds do you have? How old are they? what do you feed them?
The three Ameraucanas and the two Black Copper Marans are 2 yrs old, the 2 Dixie Rainbows are 1.5 years old and I have one 1.5 year old Olive Egger. They get free choice of 16% layer crumbles, oyster shell, one cup of Black Oil Sunflower Seeds per day, a handful of mealworms a few times per week and occasional kitchen scraps when we have them. They're just coming out of a hard molt. None of them are overweight, no sign of mites or lice, just finished a course of dewormers as of today.
 
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Aaaahhhhhh that will be why then! I think I'd be tempted to put them on some higher protein feed - 20% to help them recover from that.
They're all feathered out now! :) I just went out to check the nest boxes after not checking for a week (having given up hope of ever seeing eggs again) and guess what? There are 2 brown eggs and one olive green one! :celebrateLOL
 
The three Ameraucanas and the two Black Copper Marans are 2 yrs old, the 2 Dixie Rainbows are 1.5 years old and I have one 1.5 year old Olive Egger. They get free choice of 16% layer crumbles, oyster shell, one cup of Black Oil Sunflower Seeds per day, a handful of mealworms a few times per week and occasional kitchen scraps when we have them. They're just coming out of a hard molt. None of them are overweight, no sign of mites or lice, just finished a course of dewormers as of today.
Did you do a higher 18% crumble as they went into molt?
I’m new to this chicken business but have read that you should give them more protein when molting ( feather fixer ) is what my co-op calls it. I’m also wondering if a cup of sunflower seeds daily is to much for eight birds? I have six and give them a small hand full of seed mealworm mix and a little bit of table scraps veggies mostly trying to get some greens in them.
I also supply light in the morning which really seemed to help.
So if molting you would expect no eggs right?
 

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