one forlorn little egg ...

[Denim Deb]

My pullets stopped laying when KN tried to get hers broody. And, if they've started laying again, I haven't found out where. I've been working on getting them closed in, but haven't been able to finish. Any time I've found myself having to feed KN's and RU's chickens, I've been checking for eggs, and taking any I find as my "pay", but it hasn't been enough. Today I had to buy eggs. I HATE buying eggs from the supermarket.

 

[Up-the-Creek]

My son is feeding his grandmothers dogs and checking in on the chickens while she is away. Today he came home with a pocket full of eggs! Perks of the job I guess!

 

[Icu4dzs]

I had the "slow down problem" last year as well. Of course that was just before all my girls were anihilated by a weasel.

Prior to that I read an article from a gal in either Backwoods Home magazine or Countryside and Small Stock Journal (both of which I highly recommend to this group). It might have even been in MEN but I don't think so.

The article was written by a lady who researched the problem and solved it with diet. She said the protein content of the food was too low so she took Soy beans and soaked them over night after which she boiled them for 15 minutes to denature the Pepsin and fed them to her girls. She noted immediate results.

She said you could either use that aproach or dry roast them for15 minutes which inactivated the enzyme *(PEPSIN) that destroys their digestive tract.

I tried this on one day and they began to lay the very next day. Apparently, it has to do with the protein levels in their food even if they are getting pellets. Not sure about the day/night cycles but it seems worth a try to me.
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[BarredBuff]

I had the "slow down problem" last year as well. Of course that was just before all my girls were anihilated by a weasel.

Prior to that I read an article from a gal in either Backwoods Home magazine or Countryside and Small Stock Journal (both of which I highly recommend to this group). It might have even been in MEN but I don't think so.

The article was written by a lady who researched the problem and solved it with diet. She said the protein content of the food was too low so she took Soy beans and soaked them over night after which she boiled them for 15 minutes to denature the Pepsin and fed them to her girls. She noted immediate results.

She said you could either use that aproach or dry roast them for15 minutes which inactivated the enzyme *(PEPSIN) that destroys their digestive tract.

I tried this on one day and they began to lay the very next day. Apparently, it has to do with the protein levels in their food even if they are getting pellets. Not sure about the day/night cycles but it seems worth a try to me.
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Good SS magaznines!

 

[Icu4dzs]

I had the "slow down problem" last year as well. Of course that was just before all my girls were anihilated by a weasel.

Prior to that I read an article from a gal in either Backwoods Home magazine or Countryside and Small Stock Journal (both of which I highly recommend to this group). It might have even been in MEN but I don't think so.

The article was written by a lady who researched the problem and solved it with diet. She said the protein content of the food was too low so she took Soy beans and soaked them over night after which she boiled them for 15 minutes to denature the Pepsin and fed them to her girls. She noted immediate results.

She said you could either use that aproach or dry roast them for15 minutes which inactivated the enzyme *(PEPSIN) that destroys their digestive tract.

I tried this on one day and they began to lay the very next day. Apparently, it has to do with the protein levels in their food even if they are getting pellets. Not sure about the day/night cycles but it seems worth a try to me.
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Good SS magaznines!

One of the best is FarmShow. I always sit down and read that one from cover to cover as soon as I get it. It is amazing to see what folks think up and invent.

 

[BarredBuff]

I had the "slow down problem" last year as well. Of course that was just before all my girls were anihilated by a weasel.

Prior to that I read an article from a gal in either Backwoods Home magazine or Countryside and Small Stock Journal (both of which I highly recommend to this group). It might have even been in MEN but I don't think so.

The article was written by a lady who researched the problem and solved it with diet. She said the protein content of the food was too low so she took Soy beans and soaked them over night after which she boiled them for 15 minutes to denature the Pepsin and fed them to her girls. She noted immediate results.

She said you could either use that aproach or dry roast them for15 minutes which inactivated the enzyme *(PEPSIN) that destroys their digestive tract.

I tried this on one day and they began to lay the very next day. Apparently, it has to do with the protein levels in their food even if they are getting pellets. Not sure about the day/night cycles but it seems worth a try to me.
YMMV
Trim sends

Good SS magaznines!

One of the best is FarmShow. I always sit down and read that one from cover to cover as soon as I get it. It is amazing to see what folks think up and invent.

Where do you get it?

 

[Up-the-Creek]

I LOVE Countryside & Small Stock Journal. Latest issue was on goats,...I want goats!!!