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Rural/Farm Life

dixiegrrrrl

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4. Going thru molt reduces eggs

Reply to jwirr (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2013, 12:04 PM

Jul 2013

Our hens are laying a lot right now, after a period of not so many eggs.
We have 8 hens, so the 2 that went broody did not slow the total egg collection down by much, but when the molting time came, that did create a slowdown.

Do you have your chicken area protected from invaders? Snakes, racoons, weasels etc. can eat a lot of eggs at one go.

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Any idea why our chickens are only laying one egg when we usually got 9-10. We think it is the [View all] jwirr Jul 2013 OP

are they free range? Kali Jul 2013 #1

I'd bet first on the heat... hlthe2b Jul 2013 #2

mine are misbehaving also. mopinko Jul 2013 #3

Going thru molt reduces eggs dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #4

Our chickens are free range but they are in a fenced area as we live in the woods. We have 12 jwirr Jul 2013 #5

What part of the country do you live in? bvar22 Jul 2013 #6

We live in NE MN. The chickens are confined at night in a storage size shed but have access to jwirr Jul 2013 #7

Love the Arrowhead. bvar22 Jul 2013 #8

Here in the South, almost all free range chickens reduce their laying during the heat of summer. fasttense Jul 2013 #9

I give them protein womanofthehills Jul 2013 #10

Be careful about the extra protein fasttense Jul 2013 #11

Cool Chicks HealUS Dec 2013 #12