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The Girls have stopped laying?

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My girlies seem to have stopped laying eggs... We picked them up on Saturday and the egg production has dwindled from 4, 2, 2, 1 ZERO.... Is there anything we can do to start them off again? Or will things naturally start again on their own?

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Yes - they will have been use to more 'unnatural' light hours to keep their egg production up. The move will have unsettled them a little and it may take a day or so for their body clocks to adjust to a more natural way of life.

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Have an update on the egg front...Flossy has just laid. I imagine also their little body clocks are out as well now; seeing that egg laying is being done in a more natural environment. Could this be true as well?

 

Oh...yes that is right....I didn't clock the fact that your girls were ex-batts.

 

Good news about Flossy's egg.

 

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Hi Scotty. I came on the 'egg' section' to ask exactly the same question. Our egg production is down to one at present. I thought maybe it could be that I was overfeeding them. I understand that this can affect egg production. However, did'nt think to take into account less light. So that's a relief. Those of you who have ex bats....when you first got them (a week os so) did you notice that just before dusk the hens look upwards? I find mine are checking the light conditions just before and at the beginning of dusk. It's really funny. They look upwards then go into the cube, come back outside and check the daylight again. It lasts for about 20 minutes!

So, hopefully now egg production will increase, though I do'nt really mind, I just love having the hens. I do'nt want anything to be wrong with them though.

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Actually I haven't noticed that... I will make a point of watching them now! Egg production is definitely down its more like 1 and at the most 2 but they are much smaller eggs than when we first got the girlies.

 

They have started to get little white soft feathers now on their bottoms which is lovely to see! We hung some CD's to their cube roof today - they are so funny to watch as they try and peck at them.[/url]

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Mine hate this cold wind blowing up their dresses, ti puts them right off lay, and we've had these particular three for about 2 yrs now, (2nd hand).They'll start off again when the wind drops, better be soon, I'm down to 4 eggs, the skelter looks bare!!

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