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Hens not laying at all

  • 10-07-2023 09:46AM
    #1
    jenalone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭


    hand 4 hens from last year laying ok, theyre about 50 weeks and bought 6 more about 70 weeks in February last and they never laid and the others quit too and not a egg since then. Theyre being fed good quality feed etc but feels like a total waste

    Why would they need be laying



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  • #2
    Boardnashea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 964 ✭✭✭Boardnashea


    Are these rescued birds/Ex commercial layers? Are they roaming? Are they laying somewhere else and you're not finding them? Birds/rats or dogs taking them?



  • #3
    diarmuid05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭diarmuid05


    Check for mites, just recently my girls stopped laying and it was because of mite infestation in the coop.



  • #4
    jenalone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭jenalone


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120831023#Comment_120831023

    last six were ex commercial but 4 we had we not, they were laying and quit shortly after when others arrived they were treated, wormed etc and are in an large ark which moved everyday on fresh grass but no eggs



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