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[Bunnylady]

Y'know, I thought about making an outfit like that for Clucky . . . . . I like it!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It's Santacanoe!

I almost blew by that one, till I saw the word canoe.
I'll do it.

I couldn't actually get clothes on him.

 

[Wisher1000]

Y'know, I thought about making an outfit like that for Clucky . . . . . I like it!

Okay, here ya' go......

 

[mrballance]

I have five hens, Four are going thru a molt. They are 18 Mo old. Been molting for two Mo or so. Have not got eggs for 10 days. Is this normal and do they do this every year, when to get older? The first winter they slowed but didn't stop. Help !!

 

[hennible]

It's not unusual for them to stop laying, and it will likely happen every year.

 

[LindaB220]

I have five hens, Four are going thru a molt. They are 18 Mo old. Been molting for two Mo or so. Have not got eggs for 10 days. Is this normal and do they do this every year, when to get older? The first winter they slowed but didn't stop. Help !!

Yeah my 8 girls stopped dead about 10 days ago. I was getting 4 or 2 or 3 for 8 hens that I rescued. About 16 mo old. That's why they cull every year at this hatchery.

I'm going to start putting on lights shortly starting 1 hr a day then 2 a day per week

 

[getaclue]

Hello, my name is Cheryl, and I married an idiot too!

 

[getaclue]

Sorry, wrong thread

 

[getaclue]

I thought this was Married To Idiot Annonymous

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I have five hens, Four are going thru a molt. They are 18 Mo old. Been molting for two Mo or so. Have not got eggs for 10 days. Is this normal and do they do this every year, when to get older? The first winter they slowed but didn't stop. Help !!

Commonly it's molt second autumn and each thereafter with a longer winter break every year. Commercial operations get non-stop egg production by rotating black-out houses, starting a new flock of pullets every 2 months placed on a strict lighting program and after 18 months they become soup. 2 months later another flock moves in. Properly fed and managed, they do start up again each year after winter solstice.