Canuckclucker
In the Brooder
- Feb 1, 2019
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Hello fellow BYC members,
This is my first post. I have a mystery for any curious members out there.
I have a one year old black copper maran hen which I have raised since incubation. She has never laid an egg to date (Feb 24th 2019). NO she has never crowed or showed any signs of being a rooster (ie no spurs or saddle feathers). She is surely NOT a rooster lol.
I have other chickens in the flock who lay eggs daily and are younger than her. I provide her with the proper laying feed and have even experimented with other feeds for her as well.
WHATS THE MYSTERY HERE LOL
This is my first post. I have a mystery for any curious members out there.
I have a one year old black copper maran hen which I have raised since incubation. She has never laid an egg to date (Feb 24th 2019). NO she has never crowed or showed any signs of being a rooster (ie no spurs or saddle feathers). She is surely NOT a rooster lol.
I have other chickens in the flock who lay eggs daily and are younger than her. I provide her with the proper laying feed and have even experimented with other feeds for her as well.
WHATS THE MYSTERY HERE LOL
. If you are feeding her stuff that does not have enough protein she cannot lay. Because eggs take a lot of protein! "Finally, during a moult, you will notice that the number of eggs they lay will greatly reduce and most likely stop altogether. This is because chickens need lots of protein to lay eggs, but also, their feathers are 80% protein. So your chicken can either moult or lay eggs, it doesn’t have enough protein to do both at the same time." This is for moulting, but lets say the "moulting" in this text is "food", so we are talking about food and eggs.
It hasn't laid yet. It's 2 years old.
