Your hens are doing good. Glad you found the culprit. I got 7 eggs today, put a light on the hens a couple of weeks ago. I was down to just a couple a day. I've got to do a count, but I doubt I'm getting 50% lay with 7 eggs. Some of my hens are in the longest molt I've
seen them in, though. Those won't be laying anytime soon.
I butchered all the red hens last summer. They were RIR and over two years old. I needed to lower numbers and decided just to keep the younger hens. The old RIR hens layed better in winter. I've got a few
Marans, White Rocks, Buff Orpingtons and a few daughters coming in. I'm finally down to one rooster, a Marans.
I was thinking about switching to Delawares in the spring to see how the young roos dress out. If they grow nicely, I'll keep a couple of roos and some hens. I just butchered some of the MaransX roosters and
they dressed out nicely at about 4 months.
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