Of the 18, one is over 3yrs old, but all the others are a year and a half.
They all went through a molt in August and returned to egglaying for a few weeks, though maybe not as much as before the molt.
Throughout this past 7 months, they'd put out 12-16 eggs a day, during molting it averaged about 4-6, and then that picked up to around 8-9 eggs a day.
Then, about 16 days ago, zero eggs
Same feed, same treats, same everything. Nothing is different or changed. They all look great, poop great
, eat great, drink great. No injuries on anyone, each girl is bright eyed and just as bouncy as ever.
Last week, I found 1 egg on the floor of the coop.
No predators, no snakes. The occasional mouse, yes, but they hover near the feed bins.
They have grit and oyster shell. I've increased the protein in their diet the past four days with some cat food or garbanzos (cooked/can) or kidney beans (cooked/can) added to their daily treat of red leaf lettuce and grapes or apples. Their feed is the layer pellet that is supplemented with cracked corn, oats, wheat, black sunflower seeds, golden flax, omega rice bran, garlic, and brewers yeast. (Below is my mix formula -Please know that 1)I'm not sure what I'm doing, most of this info has come from reading several thoughts, theories and weighing out the plusses and minuses of each of the items listed. 2)I want to provide a high omega3 diet to decrease cholesterol content in the eggs. 3)Granulated garlic is used to reduce smell in coop. And no, the eggs don't smell or taste funny. )
100# Layer Mash:Scratch mix =
50# Layer Pellets or Mash
.75# cracked corn
.25# whole oats
.50# soft shell wheat
.50# rice bran
1# sunflower
1# millet mix
.50# flax
.25# granulated garlic
.25# brewer's yeast
Like I said, they are eating just a well as ever, and the blend of feed has not changed either (other than to add a little protein these past days).
They've been 'on strike' before once sometime in early Spring, but it only lasted a day or two. The temperatures are beginning to drop, but it's pleasant during the day, and they have a heat lamp (set to go on when temp drops below 55 degrees). It's only had to go on a couple of nights this week, but the egg production ceased long before.
Suggestions? Ideas? Advice?
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They all went through a molt in August and returned to egglaying for a few weeks, though maybe not as much as before the molt.
Throughout this past 7 months, they'd put out 12-16 eggs a day, during molting it averaged about 4-6, and then that picked up to around 8-9 eggs a day.
Then, about 16 days ago, zero eggs
Same feed, same treats, same everything. Nothing is different or changed. They all look great, poop great
Last week, I found 1 egg on the floor of the coop.
No predators, no snakes. The occasional mouse, yes, but they hover near the feed bins.
They have grit and oyster shell. I've increased the protein in their diet the past four days with some cat food or garbanzos (cooked/can) or kidney beans (cooked/can) added to their daily treat of red leaf lettuce and grapes or apples. Their feed is the layer pellet that is supplemented with cracked corn, oats, wheat, black sunflower seeds, golden flax, omega rice bran, garlic, and brewers yeast. (Below is my mix formula -Please know that 1)I'm not sure what I'm doing, most of this info has come from reading several thoughts, theories and weighing out the plusses and minuses of each of the items listed. 2)I want to provide a high omega3 diet to decrease cholesterol content in the eggs. 3)Granulated garlic is used to reduce smell in coop. And no, the eggs don't smell or taste funny. )
100# Layer Mash:Scratch mix =
50# Layer Pellets or Mash
.75# cracked corn
.25# whole oats
.50# soft shell wheat
.50# rice bran
1# sunflower
1# millet mix
.50# flax
.25# granulated garlic
.25# brewer's yeast
Like I said, they are eating just a well as ever, and the blend of feed has not changed either (other than to add a little protein these past days).
They've been 'on strike' before once sometime in early Spring, but it only lasted a day or two. The temperatures are beginning to drop, but it's pleasant during the day, and they have a heat lamp (set to go on when temp drops below 55 degrees). It's only had to go on a couple of nights this week, but the egg production ceased long before.
Suggestions? Ideas? Advice?
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