Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: browntrouty on October 06, 2009, 20:53
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one of my hens which had laid one egg for about 2 weeks has stopped. Is this normal, what can i do to encourage it to lay, i leave other eggs in the nest. Also they don't seem to like the layers pellets and prefer pecking round garden, mixed corn and kitchen scraps.
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Hi Bt
How old are they? Are they moulting ?
If they are young and not moulting then I would knock all the treats (scraps) out for now and just leave layers down for them :) Like children they always prefer the stuff thats not as good for them :lol:
Give them a small handful of mixed corn an hour before bed and see how that goes after a week or two :)
It may also be wise to give them and their house a once over for creepy crawlies :)
Sarah :)