CedarRanch
In the Brooder
- Aug 21, 2024
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I have 19 mature laying hens ranging from 6ish months old to just over 2 years old. I am only getting 1-3 eggs a day. I was talking to a friend who has 30 hens and is still getting 2 dozen eggs a day. It is not super cold, multiple hens did go through a tough molt. However, I have consistently gotten fewer eggs from others near by, no matter what weather and consistently they are feeding a cheaper feed. I'm currently feeding Kalmbach nonGMO laying feed. I have a mix of breeds including rhode island reds, wyandottes, easter eggers, ameruacanas, marans, orpingtons, olive eggers. In the summer the most eggs we got was around 12. They are fully free range, they are not laying anywhere else. I just have a very very poor laying rate. Any ideas?
