Hi People,
I've had chickens now for around 2 1/2 years and still enjoying keeping them.
I have 3 hybrids and 4 ex batts. My hybrids are around 2 years old and my ex batts probably just under 3.
I have two issues.
Firstly my white leghorn hasnt laid in over 9 months, she was around 14/15 months when she stopped laying - if she is laying at all it is soft eggs only
She has moments each month where she goes quiet and either stays in the coop or sits hunched up, but only for a few days and the she perks up (not as perky as she was when she was laying)
Secondly I am finding the last couple of months egg production has dropped and I have egg shells that if you press on them they will easily crack. I get 2 decent eggs from the remaining hybrids but even the regular everyday chuck has lost her excellent, large, hard eggs!
I feed them a mix of ex batts crumbs, layers mash and ex batts pellets. They get corn at night and greens mid afternoon ( a cabbage leaf chopped, end of a cucumber, a handful of rice, what ever I have left over)
I have checked them for red mite and i seem clear, checked for lice and again im okay. I've wormed them and and about to do again. They are in good health and have no coughs or colds (one has just started to malt)
They get grid/oyster shell on the floor and in cups so they can take adlib
from time to time I pop a seaweed drink into their water and have done it again tonight.
I;ve tryed live yogurt as well
Everyone says although they are getting on, I should still be getting hard egg shells. So what am I doing wrong. The lady opposite has older chucks and they are all okay and producing less but good shells.
Anything more I can try?
My hubby is laying as my leghorn has a tendency to eat the eggs as well that she should be gone, if she is ill and this is why she isnt laying then yes, but I'm struggling to get rid of her just because she isnt laying. Could she be unhappy with not laying
I've had chickens now for around 2 1/2 years and still enjoying keeping them.
I have 3 hybrids and 4 ex batts. My hybrids are around 2 years old and my ex batts probably just under 3.
I have two issues.
Firstly my white leghorn hasnt laid in over 9 months, she was around 14/15 months when she stopped laying - if she is laying at all it is soft eggs only
She has moments each month where she goes quiet and either stays in the coop or sits hunched up, but only for a few days and the she perks up (not as perky as she was when she was laying)
Secondly I am finding the last couple of months egg production has dropped and I have egg shells that if you press on them they will easily crack. I get 2 decent eggs from the remaining hybrids but even the regular everyday chuck has lost her excellent, large, hard eggs!
I feed them a mix of ex batts crumbs, layers mash and ex batts pellets. They get corn at night and greens mid afternoon ( a cabbage leaf chopped, end of a cucumber, a handful of rice, what ever I have left over)
I have checked them for red mite and i seem clear, checked for lice and again im okay. I've wormed them and and about to do again. They are in good health and have no coughs or colds (one has just started to malt)
They get grid/oyster shell on the floor and in cups so they can take adlib
from time to time I pop a seaweed drink into their water and have done it again tonight.
I;ve tryed live yogurt as well
Everyone says although they are getting on, I should still be getting hard egg shells. So what am I doing wrong. The lady opposite has older chucks and they are all okay and producing less but good shells.
Anything more I can try?
My hubby is laying as my leghorn has a tendency to eat the eggs as well that she should be gone, if she is ill and this is why she isnt laying then yes, but I'm struggling to get rid of her just because she isnt laying. Could she be unhappy with not laying
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