- Oct 6, 2014
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Laying hens are new to me, I purchased 5 hens they are buf orpingtons,and are right at a year old. Their sole purpose is to lay eggs , unfortunatly a had to keep them in a 8by8 coop I use for meat chickens until I got the run built ,they were in there for about 4weeks , and I was getting about 1-2 eggs a day from just 2 of the hens . Now that the run is built and they can come and go from the coop and pen as they please and seem a lot happier , how long should it take for them to settle down and go back to laying good? Before I got them they were laying about a egg a day