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These hens better get busy!!

Discussion in 'Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying' started by kuntrychick, Oct 12, 2011.

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  1. Oct 12, 2011 #1
    kuntrychick

    kuntrychick Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I guess all my hens are molting...no eggs! I see feathers everywhere outside. Although, my 2 RIRs both did lay an egg today (although one of them has gotten to where she lays thin shelled rough eggs).
     
  3. Oct 12, 2011 #2
    Happy Chooks

    Happy Chooks Moderator Staff Member

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    Increase their protein and it will help them through the molt.

    That's why I hatch some every year, then the pullets are laying while the hens are molting - chicken math works wonders!
     

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