my 2 chickens aren't laying eggs

[ThickenTheChicken]

DON'T try to ask your chickens to lay 12 months of the year! They need a break. If you create situations where they continue laying all year you may cause them health problems and you will shorten their lives. See the articles on this. You wouldn't want to be pregnant continuously! Give them lots of protein, mealy worms, black oil sunflower seeds, crushed peanuts, to help their new feathers grow and they will start laying again in the Spring. Good that you are bringing in some new ones, as two chucks alone are quite lonely. They are hugely sociable animals and 6 birds is the minimum I would keep.

Okay thank you so much! I’m raising 3 more chicks to be with them.

 

[Weeg]

Give them lots of protein, mealy worms, black oil sunflower seeds, crushed peanuts, to help their new feathers grow and they will start laying again in the Spring.

Lots of protein is good advice, but this should be in the form of balanced feed. I prefer to up the protein to 20% in the winter/molt. Meal worms etc are packed with protein, but should only take up 10% of the diet. Thats about 1 Tablespoon per bird per day. No more, and you can have overweight birds who are prone to lots of health issues.

 

[Weeg]

They are hugely sociable animals and 6 birds is the minimum I would keep.

You don't need 6 birds to have a flock. 2 birds is a pare, and can be perfectly happy together. The problem with 2 is that if one passes, you have a single lonely bird.
2 is a pare, 3 is a flock.

 

[ThickenTheChicken]

You don't need 6 birds to have a flock. 2 birds is a pare, and can be perfectly happy together. The problem with 2 is that if one passes, you have a single lonely bird.
2 is a pare, 3 is a flock.

Good thing I’ll have 5! Thank you so much for your help!

 

[ThickenTheChicken]

they layed an egg today!