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Sounds like you have your hands full. How old are you chickens? Getting no eggs is not good.
What do you feed them?
How far are you from Opelousas?
The buffs and barred rocks were bought as chicks by my dad last december. He just called to ask where the roosters went and hung up on me when I told him they were thrown on the burn pile. They seriously didn't weigh even 5 pounds and were nothing but feathers and bones, but
Do you feed them or are they just fending for themselves. A 9 month old broiler cross should certainly weigh more than 5#s and to get eggs from hens they have to have a steady ration(routine feed time) of at least a minimum of 16% protein feed
made available for when ever they feel like eating it (eggs and meat are expensive to produce) not just thrown about on the ground once daily. My neighbor (cousin) does this and wonders why she doesn't get many/if any eggs. She asks me all the time "are your hens laying good" I say, "yep, I feed mine 'good' ". She says hers don't lay any better on layer pellets than they do on chops or scratch and I tell her
"no not if you starve them on either one" they aren't gonna lay when it takes what little they get just to survive, much less produce. Eggs are an extra bonus from a well maintained flock, same with putting on meat on meat birds it takes protein. Scratch and chops only contain 8% protein and are loaded with carbs. 'bout of equal nutritional value of a Twinkie, and that's what its for is for extra treats not as the sole ration for a diet.
Jeff
Oh yeah 'bout forgot my manners
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