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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on May 1, 2013 20:34:16 GMT -6
When I want my silkies to lay I give them things like salmon, tuna, boiled eggs, raw spinach and I put vita pro b and A-Lyte concentrate. Sometimes it works and sometimes it don't. Mine usually really kick it in gear when the days are longer and they have more daylight since I don't provide lights in the pens. I've noticed that when I hand out lots of treats and let them out of their pens some on the pretty days they lay very well. i'm afraid to let them out unattended because I've lost too many to hawks. But mine are light enough for them to just carry off with no problem. Also mine are silkies so they aren't reliable with laying anyway. But it's worth a shot
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Post by ellisfarms on May 2, 2013 0:33:38 GMT -6
I feed game cock to all my bird's
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Post by hensnest on May 2, 2013 22:46:22 GMT -6
Give them some parsley flakes and a little garlic powder in their food it is suppose to kick them in to laying.
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Post by hensnest on May 2, 2013 23:46:00 GMT -6
Chowdown, I couldn't get my silkie hen to lay either. One of my friends told me to feed her chick/grower with 22% protein or higher, ever since, she lays an egg every two days.
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Post by ellisfarms on May 3, 2013 0:14:47 GMT -6
My game cock feed is 23%
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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on May 3, 2013 8:56:10 GMT -6
Chowdown, I couldn't get my silkie hen to lay either. One of my friends told me to feed her chick/grower with 22% protein or higher, ever since, she lays an egg every two days. She should lay one everyday unless she is under a year old. I do have 1 hen that is 2 years old and has yet to lay an egg. I guess she is barren or lazy Oyster shell makes their eggs very nice and pretty. Some get eggs that look like they have pits in them when candled but the oyster shell makes the shells in very good condition. The vitamins does the same thing. I have a little treat I like to mix up for when they slow down their laying. They usually do that when I have alot of egg orders. I think they like to keep me in my place. lol I cook brown rice and add boiled and cut up eggs with shells on, either applesauce or apple chunks, tuna or salmon or if we have fish in the freezer i'll bake it and add that instead, wheat germ, bran flakes and whatever vegetable (s) we have on hand. They love it. After a few days they usually start laying or pick up the pace. If they're going broody though nothing will stop them.
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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on May 3, 2013 9:03:04 GMT -6
winter before last we where slowly moving and I had my juveniles in my sizzle pen because it was the biggest and warmest pen at the time. I was mixing layer crumbles and layer crumbles with some scratch grains and my hens where half laying and the other half broody. I know the shorter days will lower egg production but I had a sexlink hen a few years ago that laid an egg everyday no matter what the weather. The only time she stopped was when she got a cold and when she molted. She was an egg laying machine.
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Post by hensnest on May 4, 2013 1:00:12 GMT -6
think my hen is still under a yr.
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Post by herb on May 7, 2013 10:12:11 GMT -6
My game cock feed is 23% Sent from my C771 using proboards What brand and where do you get that? , that's an awfully hot feed btw.
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Post by herb on May 7, 2013 10:14:27 GMT -6
If you want to kick start a hen that is "ready' to lay- feed a teaspoon of canned catfood each day for 3 days. Don't go past 5 days because that is high protein and you can damage kidneys.
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Post by ellisfarms on May 7, 2013 19:32:50 GMT -6
I did that for one day on my black old/English . Hope it helps
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