Molting - not eating but well

[My Three Chicks]

(and if your birds aren't producing eggs often, something I would expect of a 3.5 yr old, molting bird - near zero egg production

Yes zero eggs right now. But they stopped prior to starting to molt. None of them lay during winter.

Thanks for the advice and info. Very helpful.

 

[BDutch]

Oh shoot I think that's part of the problem. When most of them started molting I switched from Scratch & Peck 16% layer feed to their 18% layer feed. Thinking it probably was pretty much the same I didn't bother with a transition. But they are ALL (I have 6 hens) eating a lot less.
Can/should I just just switch back to their original 16% overnight? Gosh I hope now they don't want to eat that either after I confused them

I would offer both.
You can also try to mix the two. It’s always a good way to switch from one feed to another to offer it mixed for a week or more , if its important they start to eat the other feed.

Offering both is probably better in your circumstances. The most important now is that they eat. Start mixing, ¼ new to start with, if they eat well again.

Btw, I dont give much layer feed during moult/in winter or when I have chicks/ juveniles/ cockerels. Standard in the container is chick feed now + I offer them a small bowl with layer pellets + a small bowl with grit/oyster shells on the side. The juveniles don’t eat the layer pellets. Not sure why (mamas instructions? Taste?).