If I haven't already
All birds are different and people live in different climates. I have about 20 older girls. They aren't laying much now. I get a couple of eggs most days from them. All of the coops have night lights. Since the chicks have lights from hatch, I have little problem of the birds going into the coops to roost. The older girls do pick up laying in the spring. Since they have recently gone through their molts, I have been giving them higher protein feed. My egg production has picked up some. During the summer months when they don't need as much protein, I feed them layer feed which is usually around 16% protein and the higher protein feed is 20% protein. The pullets have recently started to lay though it has been sporadic while they work out the kinks. I have been mixing some layer feed with some higher protein for them. I incubate my eggs in an incubator and hatch them out. I have let broody's do it but I can incubate and hatch more chicks out. Good luck and have fun...These are some I hatched out for a friend.
