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Rural/Farm Life

Kali

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1. are they free range?

Reply to jwirr (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2013, 06:25 PM

Jul 2013

my first few guesses would be rats skunks snakes or egg-sucking dogs, somebody has gone broody and they are hoarding eggs in a secret location, one or more of the flock has become and egg eater

or it is the heat

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Any idea why our chickens are only laying one egg when we usually got 9-10. We think it is the [View all] jwirr Jul 2013 OP

are they free range? Kali Jul 2013 #1

I'd bet first on the heat... hlthe2b Jul 2013 #2

mine are misbehaving also. mopinko Jul 2013 #3

Going thru molt reduces eggs dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #4

Our chickens are free range but they are in a fenced area as we live in the woods. We have 12 jwirr Jul 2013 #5

What part of the country do you live in? bvar22 Jul 2013 #6

We live in NE MN. The chickens are confined at night in a storage size shed but have access to jwirr Jul 2013 #7

Love the Arrowhead. bvar22 Jul 2013 #8

Here in the South, almost all free range chickens reduce their laying during the heat of summer. fasttense Jul 2013 #9

I give them protein womanofthehills Jul 2013 #10

Be careful about the extra protein fasttense Jul 2013 #11

Cool Chicks HealUS Dec 2013 #12