- Mar 31, 2013
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Hello I am wondering a few things. I have had my chickens sense feb. when i first got them they weren't in good condition i nursed them ,lost some,and got the rest healthy they layed like crazy most spring and all summer ,well here in Texas it is starting to get hot in the daytime(80-85) and cold at night(48-65) as it does every year in the fall . I have 9 hens a turkey and a rooster and the hens went from laying 5-6 eggs a day to 1 or none a day and my Americana aren't laying at all and on top of that they went from eating one scoop of food a day to one and a half or two plus scratch and they are free range all day and cooped for night, Because they are free range i have looked in there favorite spots in the yard to see if they are laying there but nothing .so i am locking them up for a few days to see how many eggs they lay and see if i need to check the yard a little closer, I have also checked their droppings and see no signs of parasites I don't yet own a microscope to check for micro eggs but i just dont know if they are fattening up for the winter and with the colder nights are slowing down their laying My Americana are almost 2 years old ,my buff is 1 1/2 year old, rocks are 9 months and my turkey,sex link and brown Leghorn are 3 months and haven't started laying yet
Thank you for reading and I hope to hear all of your suggestion/responses
Oh i dont know if this would change any thing but i had them on cheaper feed layina crumbles but then I needed to fatten them up "they were skinny when i bought them" so i put them on purina all flock feed and it was good till they started eating twice as much and so i had to drop back to the cheaper feed layina crumbles they layed fine with it before but i figured i would mention it as well just in case
Thank you for reading and I hope to hear all of your suggestion/responses
Oh i dont know if this would change any thing but i had them on cheaper feed layina crumbles but then I needed to fatten them up "they were skinny when i bought them" so i put them on purina all flock feed and it was good till they started eating twice as much and so i had to drop back to the cheaper feed layina crumbles they layed fine with it before but i figured i would mention it as well just in case