Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: celtbhoy on August 04, 2009, 20:17
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my 4 girls were laying 1 per day per bird, the odd day one would not lay, but in the last 2 days iv only got 1 egg ??? water and food all ok, house is ok, ...they free range too.
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Red mite?
Check for other crawlies.
Feather loss? = Moult
Changed food recently?
Chuck summer break?
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Red mite?
Check for other crawlies.
Feather loss? = Moult no
Changed food recently? not really, just a bit of spicy stuff on saturday..??
Chuck summer break? wots that?
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Hey up celtbhoy :)
What you feeding them on ? not made them fatties by too many treats have you ?
But like RH says check them over for mite, sure sign is if they a reluctant to go to roost.
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layers mash, and corn mixed have been for weeks with no probs, and they get all sorts of fruit and leftovers..i did stop them from freeranging for a 2 day period as i was away..?
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layers mash, and corn mixed have been for weeks with no probs, and they get all sorts of fruit and leftovers..i did stop them from freeranging for a 2 day period as i was away..?
On strike then :lol:
seriously I'd knock the leftovers on the head for a week or two and cut down the corn mix to, perhaps a small handful each late afternoons if you can. Do they have access to oyster and grit ?
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yip oyster is there on call:)
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Sounds good to me, perhaps the spicey stuff Saturday put them out of sorts ?
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might have...i know i was sh..... through an eye of a needle on saturday:))
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might have...i know i was sh..... through an eye of a needle on saturday:))
::) too much information :lol:
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just a thought, have a look round in case they are laying, and hiding eggs? eg under the shed?