New to chicken owning....advice please!

[annierae]

Hi,
We have recently bought 3 Warrens and we're really enjoying having them. They are friendly and seem settled, they have a coop and a large run. They were 20 weeks old when we got them and they were laying eggs immediately - most days we had 2 eggs. We've now had them about 3 weeks and the eggs seem to be getting less and less frequent. Some days we have had only one and the last 3 days we haven't had any. We are feeding them ad-lib layers pellets, they have access to fresh water and grit and we have been giving them lots of tit bits - vegetables, etc which they've really enjoyed. Any advice please as to why they don't seem to be laying as many eggs? Thanks.

 

[calicokat]

Sometimes they slow down in the really hot days. Also, you might do some checking around to see if they are hiding the eggs in a secret nest - they do that sometimes

just to keep us on our toes.