Author Topic: NO EGGS (Read 4335 times)

monty · « **on:** July 23, 2008, 04:27:44 pm »

RIGHT 5WEEKS AGO I STARTED KEEPING HENS STARTED WITH 3 LIGHT SUSSEX BANTAMS 2 POL HYBRIDS 3 WELLSUMMERS THEN 1WEEK LATER GOT 2MARANS 8 MORE HYBRIDS THEY STARTED GIVEING ME 8-9 EGGS A DAY BUT HAVE DWINDLED DOWN RAPIDLY 6-5=3- JUST 1 YESTERDAY FED MOSTLY PELLETS CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN???

Ash Field Farm · « **Reply #1 on:** July 23, 2008, 05:36:01 pm »

hi there are a number of different reason that i know off y they dont lay eggs one is there age how old are they ?
what kind of feed is it a mash or a pellet this can some time cause problems
being egg bound is another try adding cod liver oil to the feed as it can help slide the egg out lol
how much water have the drank have they remaind moving arund and moble
have there been any stress as hens are extreamly stressed animals when they come into egg production the slightist thing from a fox scare to loud bangs is know to put them off laying perfect example of this is local to me there is an organic poultry farm everything was ok getting good aount off eggs untill low flying air craft to the now used airfield started going over again it caused the bird to stop laying and has cost the farmer thousnads hes now sueing the airfield let me know

Rosemary · « **Reply #2 on:** July 23, 2008, 07:54:51 pm »

I'd agree about the stress factor - do they seem well in themselves?

PS take off the CAPS LOCK

monty · « **Reply #3 on:** July 23, 2008, 08:31:55 pm »

they seem well i let them out first thing then they free range all day always got water, layers pellets, an corn at night the bantams are in a coop on there own 3 of them i was gettin 3 eggs a day for a week yesterday 0 today 1 been 1 a day off them for a while now

Ash Field Farm · « **Reply #4 on:** July 24, 2008, 02:12:29 pm »

just to let u know that it takes 26 hors to produce one egg and they would only produce one egg if they have surfficant light aprox 10 hours light to one egg another thing would be not to give them to much corn in the evening as goving them to much will caus them to gain weight and produce eggs less its like feeding them chocolate bars lol let me know how they are getting on