Laying issues with new chicks ordered from McMurray mcMcmuray

[Zaphod beebelbrox]

I ordered a new breed of 25 blue egg laying girls from McMuray hatchery that we’re supposed to be excellent layers.unfortunately they were laying so few eggs we had to cull them after only one year. So we went to our Standard Leghorns for a 25 girl new order. Unfortunately only 4 survived the trip to Maui....so we ordered 25 more leghorns. After only 5 months the 4 surviving girlis from the we’re laying well, but the new order of 25 leghorns were way off laying production after 6 months just like the blue Girls l’s we had to cull. Looking like we will have to cull these girls as well. So we are looking to order from another supplier now. We thought it might be the feed, but the rest of our brown girl flock is laying right on cue.
Not sure what is going on with the new chick orders. these crazy days anything is possible with the war on food, including chickens.
Anyoyelse having this issue with new orders?

 

[nuthatched]

How many eggs were you expecting and how may did you get? At 25 hens, you should have gotten 14-18 eggs a day. Did you do pelvic checks to see who was or wasn't laying? chickens go through 2 molts a year a soft molt in the early summer and a hard molt in late fall, they last about 3-5 weeks each, depending. They are spaced about 6 months apart. They do not lay during this time. They also don't lay if its really hot. They do not lay if there's less than 14 hours of daylight. Also if there's things that stress them out like frequent loud noises, predators and improper space parameters. How are you housing and feeding them? What feed? What laying issues are you experiencing exactly? Mites can also cause poor laying.
Did you rule out all of these things?
I'm more inclined to think it's a local issue than a hatchery one.

 

[1Slayer]

It took nearly 1 year my new chicks to start laying on a daily basis, the summer in NC was brutally hot. I would have considered all the things posted above, before culling...
Or at the very least rehomed them. It just seems that far too many birds weren't laying... For it to be their fault, and not something either environmental or an underlying issue.

 

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