Your guesses as to what may be wrong with the chickens?

[Mattl12]

Pictured below will be a picture of one of my two Ideal 236s. The one in particular is the smaller of the two very much the runt of the flock. I have two of them if I’ve gotten a dozen eggs in eight months out of both of them combined I would be surprised. These are supposed to be highly productive egg layers. They are white leghorns with Ancona bred in to make them resistant to Mareks disease. They caught fowl pox like two months ago. It is entirely possible that they are now eight months old and one of them has yet to lay an egg at all. Your thoughts if one of you get it correct you’re probably going to spare these hens lives. They’re lousy meat birds too small

 

[Mattl12]

Oh I almost forgot to mention they’ve spent the last week indoors getting dosed with Amprolium and having diatomaceous earth added to their food I don’t think it is parasites. I know at least one of them can lay an egg because she’s pushed out an egg 4 feet from me while I wasn’t paying attention and didn’t make a sound doing it

 

[Mattl12]

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[Wyorp Rock]

Oh I almost forgot to mention they’ve spent the last week indoors getting dosed with Amprolium and having diatomaceous earth added to their food I don’t think it is parasites. I know at least one of them can lay an egg because she’s pushed out an egg 4 feet from me while I wasn’t paying attention and didn’t make a sound doing it

What do you feed including treats?

Amprolium is a Coccidiostat, not a dewormer.
DE is not an effective dewormer.

If you want to treat for internal parasites, then use an Anthelmintic like Fenbendazole (Safeguard) or Albendazole (Valbazen).

 

[Aunt Angus]

My 8 month olds aren't laying right now because it's getting on winter. They may just be waiting until spring. You might try implementing light in the coop.

 

[Aunt Angus]

And they will lay like machines once they get going. If you are anywhere near me, I would take them.

 

[Mattl12]

What do you feed including treats?

Amprolium is a Coccidiostat, not a dewormer.
DE is not an effective dewormer.

If you want to treat for internal parasites, then use an Anthelmintic like Fenbendazole (Safeguard) or Albendazole (Valbazen).

16% Egg layer feed partially cut 20% juvenile feed. and occasional scraps as well as bananas and sweet potatoes. Is there an inexpensive source for fenbendazole??? I'm guessing Ivermectin is A no-go due to weight?

 

[Aunt Angus]

16% Egg layer feed partially cut 20% juvenile feed. and occasional scraps as well as bananas and sweet potatoes. Is there an inexpensive source for fenbendazole??? I'm guessing Ivermectin is A no-go due to weight?

You can use Ivermectin pour on. And Safeguard goat paste is pretty inexpensive.

ETA: It may be the time of year, honestly. I have five 8 month olds. Two laid a few eggs before the weather changed. Now, none of my 8 mo pullets are laying.

Are you seeing signs of worms?

 

[Mattl12]

And they will lay like machines once they get going. If you are anywhere near me, I would take them.

These birds are primarily white leghorn, they should be churning year round. MY GSLs are laying 5-6 per every week. My Bresse hen and Orp mutt are slow back after fowl pox but they are laying. Our first notable cold snap just started literally last week. I think it has been below freezing twice for A combined total of A few hours. The coop itself is not lit but the area it is in is lit. I'm in NW Louisiana.

 

[Aunt Angus]

These birds are primarily white leghorn, they should be churning year round. MY GSLs are laying 5-6 per every week. My Bresse hen and Orp mutt are slow back after fowl pox but they are laying. Our first notable cold snap just started literally last week. I think it has been below freezing twice for A combined total of A few hours. The coop itself is not lit but the area it is is lit. I'm in NW Louisiana.

I'm in CA. It hasn't been freezing yet. Light is more influential in laying than temp. One of my 8 month olds is a Leghorn. Are your sexlinks the same age?