Author Topic: WHat to do with a hen that doesnt lay? (Read 8062 times)

supplies for smallholders · « **Reply #15 on:** July 06, 2010, 09:04:03 pm »

Im with Wizard on this.

little blue · « **Reply #16 on:** July 06, 2010, 10:18:23 pm »

ours ex-bats lay better (percentage-wise) than the ones we had from POL, at the same age.
and they're lovely girls, though have a few mental health issues...

joyofchicks · « **Reply #17 on:** July 07, 2010, 12:07:22 am »

I inherited a lovely black orpington we call Aretha Franklin after she was rehomed then bullied at her new place. I only have four others and Aretha lives in her own house as I suspect she is nearly blind. I think I got 4 eggs in the whole of last year but she's no spring chicken and I do have a wee bit space for her dotage (and a soft spot). But, guess what, a bit of tlc and she's laying every second day! I am friends with her two other owners and they can't believe it. She was sold as POL to the first but the seller should have been done by trades descriptions. If I thought she was suffering in any way...

TheCaptain · « **Reply #18 on:** July 07, 2010, 09:30:58 am »

We haven't had any that have stopped laying completely to be fair, and as long as I'm getting a 75% lay rate (there or there abouts) that keeps me in eggs and earning their own keep, then they can stay!

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