Why am I not getting very many eggs?

[poultry09]

Can some one tell me why I have 21 chickens and am only getting 5 eggs a day? I have a couple older hens but most are 1-2 years old. I know that no one is eatting the eggs but I ocasionaly do find a broken egg (maybe once a month) but no one eats it. It is really starting to get irriateing as they are just eatting and eatting and not laying any eggs. Please help me I need to figure out what the problem is.

Thanks
Poultry09

 

[SkyWarrior]

Well, there could be several reasons.

1. Temperature. When it's too hot or too cold your chickens won't lay as much.
2. Breed of chicken. A lot of chickens don't lay more than 2-3 eggs a week.
3. Age. Most chickens decrease their laying by 40% after age 2. Somebody can correct me, but I believe that after age 3, egg production drops another 20%.
4. Parasites -- internal or external can stop laying.
5. Molting. Chickens take 6 weeks to molt and usually do it at 1 1/2 to 2 years old. During molt, they don't lay.
6. Weird environmental change -- chickens stop laying with that.
7. Sickness/disease.
8. Poor nutrition/diet.

There are other reasons, but those come to mind.