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My chooks are coming up to be two years old. they are black rocks we have 2 birds.
Last nov they started moulting so stopped laying which we expected as it was their first proper moult.
But even now we have only had 3 eggs from them since nov
they are on layers pellets mixed with corn, they also have mealy worms green scraps ,bread pilchards once a week
They are always clean and dry in fact only thing that has changed since before they stopped laying is the addition of pilchards which they seem to love
So can anyone suggest why they are not laying before reluctantly i have to cull the birds as we all love them to bits
Last nov they started moulting so stopped laying which we expected as it was their first proper moult.
But even now we have only had 3 eggs from them since nov
they are on layers pellets mixed with corn, they also have mealy worms green scraps ,bread pilchards once a week
They are always clean and dry in fact only thing that has changed since before they stopped laying is the addition of pilchards which they seem to love
So can anyone suggest why they are not laying before reluctantly i have to cull the birds as we all love them to bits
I think I'd stop giving all extras for a while and let them have just layers pellets, that contains everything in balanced proportions that the hens need. If you can't bring yourself to do that, then give them a small handful of mixed corn in the evenings so they go to bed with a full crop but still cut out everything else
They're on Layers' pellets alone now, and she said she'll only reintroduce a handful of corn at bedtime in the autumn, as they will, hopefully, have lost weight by then.
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