Little advice needed please.

[brothers]

Our chickens are being kept for eggs.I only add a minimum amount of light when the natural light decreases below 14 hours.Right now they would have a light on for about a hour in the evening.We have 1 R,I,R 10 Buffs and 1 Ameracauna.They all layed quite well last winter untill march...now I am lucky to get 1 egg a day.But the coop and run are FULL of feathers and the hens are all looking quite white.

I have also been told to stop feeding them table scraps for a while.Ill try that as well.

Thanks

 

[gritsar]

Our chickens are being kept for eggs.I only add a minimum amount of light when the natural light decreases below 14 hours.Right now they would have a light on for about a hour in the evening.We have 1 R,I,R 10 Buffs and 1 Ameracauna.They all layed quite well last winter untill march...now I am lucky to get 1 egg a day.But the coop and run are FULL of feathers and the hens are all looking quite white.

I have also been told to stop feeding them table scraps for a while.Ill try that as well.

Thanks

Yes, sometimes feeding scraps and other things (like scratch) in excessive amounts can throw off the nutritional balance and cause a slow down in production, but I do believe from what we discussed before that your hens are molting and that is the reason they are not laying.

Like I said regarding the light issue, it all depends on what your primary reason for keeping chickens is. For you, it's egg production; for me, it's pets. Both ways are perfectly fine.