low egg production

[dsmvalley]

well my dog got in and killed 3 of our chickens, 1 salmon favorelle rooster and 2 hamburg hens. every since the egg production has been much lower.........we started w 21 total and now with the 18 remaining hens of various types we are down to 3-6 eggs per day..........we have blue andalusians, red leghorns some spangled hamburgs etc

one thing i have noticed is that i gave them water for a period of time with the avian 2000 additive from mcmurrays............this was stopped 2 weeks ago but some of the hens are pooping black!!!.........

any thoughts????............thx so much for all the advice in the past and thx for this help as well!!

 

[Master S.M.C]

Not sure about their poo but you may need some more egg laying breeds.

 

[gritsar]

You don't mention how long ago you lost some of your flock to the dog, but the stress of a dog attack can throw them off of egg laying for awhile.
Also, decreased daylight hours in the wintertime can slow production.
Since you had good production in the past, I would think it was one of those two things.

 

[pascopol]

Dog "got in" and killed my chicks.

Some dogs and chicken don't mix.

Advice:

If you can not handle both, give up on either dog or chicken.