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Tsc chicken coop1/2/2024 ![]() ![]() Not a single chicken owner I know in person, just people online, mostly here on reddit (a lot of who, here, are new accounts with no karma, suspicious). And those are the only veteran chicken owners I've seen claim this. I've seen a few people who claimed to be veteran chicken owners but had such a lacking understanding of how feed and climate affects laying that I knew they were lying. I haven't seen a single legitimate veteran chicken owner claim this. So, is there any explanation here? What changes in the feed can make chickens just up and stop laying? Explain to me what causes the reduced laying because I know people who feed their chickens an absolute garbage diet and they still get plenty of eggs. Show me the difference between the new formula and the old. If feed had been reformulated in a way that changed the nutritional values, it would be apparent on the label, which is a legal requirement. I give them a break in winter and typically get 1-2 eggs a day in winter but have only gotten 3 or 4 eggs since august.Ī lot of noise about “since the reformulation” of the feed. Normally I’m begging people to take eggs because we can’t keep up in spring, summer, and fall. I’ve had chickens since 2018 with a variety of strong laying breed and never had such a rough year with eggs. I now have all 16 that are laying age and I suspect the blue eggs I have are from my Americana chicks I got back in April because the shade is completely different from my easter egger ladies. I need to get a new bag of feed and will be switching. I figured because we had such weird weather and then went into molt season that was why but then I ran out and grabbed a bag of all flock by mittens and got 2 eggs within a couple of days. ![]() We switched to tractor supply producer’s pride and I got maybe 6 dozen eggs all year. I have 16 hens, had 12 of laying age going into spring last year. That why I water glass my surplus of eggs in the summer. I know the extreme cold and shirt daylight hours will do it every winter. But for a while I was only getting a dozen eggs a day average out of 40 Hens. Right now my flock, and most everyone else's around here, are just starting to ramp up production again. People just have to know their breed of hen and realize that winter months are their time off for laying. Does it have enough calcium? Do you soak your feed? Is it in pellets or crumble? Are your making sure they have grit based on the form of feed. fat content? Does it have enough of both based on age of the flock and the weather conditions for your area right now. Three, feed in of itself has alot to do with it. If they hit egg laying age in the winter, the Hens probably won't start laying until Spring. Two, if their hens are at least 5mo old they won't lay. Hens will spend all of their energy keeping warm rather than making an eggs. Also, the colder temps prevent them from laying eggs. Hens won't lay as much or at all during the shorter daylight hours of winter. Thanks for stoping by and happy homesteading! Zone Maps of Asia provided by /u/encogneeto. ![]() No shaming to vegans or for animal processing.This will help keep things organized among other things. Please try and use reddit tags like, ,, , or homestead specific like, ,, etc.Be respectful and we will ban people for being icky.Try and keep post on topic, self post and blog links are okay as long as they're related to homesteading.ponds, barns, livestock, gardens, food preservation, outdoor kitchens, fishing, hunting, shop projects, tractors, bush hogs, pigs, raising chickens, cattle, worms, 4H, permaculture, organic practices, cast iron skillet, neighbor relations, frugality, 5 gallon buckets, crops, grazing, fences, lumber, canning, aquaculture, trees, woodland, diatomaceous earth, farmers, root cellars, smoke houses, mason jars, agriculture, agronomy, horticulture, critter shelter, farm interns, wwoofers, bees, honey, wildcrafting, dairy, goats, raised garden beds, paddock shift systems, nuts, berries, vegetables, growing sweet potatoes, self sufficiency, permaculture design course, off grid, alternative building, alternative energy, wood stoves, chainsaws, wood heat, tools, welding, woodworking, green woodworking, joel salatin, red worms, sepp holzer, masanobu fukuoka, ianto evans, art ludwig, farmers markets, animal husbandry, cottage industry, outhouses, composting toilets, septic tanks, ferro cement, straw bale construction, cob building. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of foodstuffs, and it may or may not also involve the small scale production of textiles, clothing, and craftwork for household use or sale. Homesteading - From Wikipediaīroadly defined, homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. ![]() Message the mods please include links to any posts you are referencing. ![]()
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