Hi! Stephanie here. I am new and this is my first post. Two of my children have an egg business. They have 47 chickens and have had them for 4 years now. I grew up with chickens all of my childhood. So, I have a little bit of experience with raising chickens. I have joined because I am in desperate need of finding someone who can tell me what happens to chickens that eat fully hydrated Orbeez. My children and their friends get these things by the thousands for pennies. They hydrate them and then keep them relatively responsibly. Until recently, that is. My daughter's best friend brought over a trash bag of fully hydrated Orbeez when she stayed with us for a couple of days. On January 3rd she took them outside, against house rules, and dumped them on the trampoline to tramp all over. Well, the free range chickens started eating them. So Orbeez are now banned at our farm.
Let me give you a little back story. 25 of their chickens are less than a year old. They are red sexlinks and should be giving us an egg a day right now. Problem is, we noticed we weren't getting all of the expected eggs each day and the kids found a couple of rouge nests around the property so we had already decided that after their friends went home we would keep the chickens confined with a light on in the coop each day until they were all laying in the nesting boxes. However, they have stopped laying completely. We got one egg a day each day this week from 47 chickens. They are not laying them anywhere else. Can someone please tell me what is up with our chickens? Thank you so much! Sincerely, Steph
Let me give you a little back story. 25 of their chickens are less than a year old. They are red sexlinks and should be giving us an egg a day right now. Problem is, we noticed we weren't getting all of the expected eggs each day and the kids found a couple of rouge nests around the property so we had already decided that after their friends went home we would keep the chickens confined with a light on in the coop each day until they were all laying in the nesting boxes. However, they have stopped laying completely. We got one egg a day each day this week from 47 chickens. They are not laying them anywhere else. Can someone please tell me what is up with our chickens? Thank you so much! Sincerely, Steph
