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egg layer feed from tsc ,think 18 % how do you know if they are molting ? there is quite a few feathers in there pen ,do they molt this time of year ? they free range during the dayWhat's their diet? Do they free range? Are they molting?
It's likely they could have hidden nests, you'll want to look. They molt according to their body schedule.egg layer feed from tsc ,think 18 % how do you know if they are molting ? there is quite a few feathers in there pen ,do they molt this time of year ? they free range during the day
ok thank youIt's likely they could have hidden nests, you'll want to look. They molt according to their body schedule.
The most common cause of them not laying when you think they should is the molt. With those feathers flying around molting jumps way up on my "possible reason" list. Since you were getting more eggs in the middle of the winter I'll assume you are in the northern hemisphere which means this is not the typical time of the year to molt. But many things other than the time of the year can cause a molt. With the information you gave I can eliminate some of them, but it is often tied to light. Did you perhaps provide lights this past winter and recently shut it off? Maybe it was a security light outside the coop? If something made the day seem shorter to them that can cause many to molt. Change can cause a molt too. Did something change in the pecking order like adding or removing a chicken? Did they change housing like a new or modified coop? Running out of water for a day or more could trigger a molt in some.what could be going on ?