hens laying slow

[ron123]

has anyone got problems with hens going down very slow.i understand weather does not help but any other reasons

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

its just the cold it will put her off laying and raiseing young

[Guest youngboy]

reasons hens might go down late could be to heavy!!! thats the only reason i no of! but i have a hen and she wont go down on eggs for 14 days she always does it but thats her pace!!

[gulkie]

to heavy to early to cold slow layers. in case u dont know,

if u put ur finger down to the vent and press gently i

stress gently ,and u will feel if there is an egg due.

[Guest valiant]

to cold or to fat.

[Guest bigbok]

way to cold and early

[BLUERON]

i went in to loft today and found 3 eggs on floor this is side of loft were my together but not pair up

[pjc]

they need to be in the right condition and they will lay when ready but the birds seem to know better than we do!

[Guest]

to heavy to early to cold slow layers. in case u dont know,

if u put ur finger down to the vent and press gently i

stress gently ,and u will feel if there is an egg due.

 

and dont go biting your nails afterwards.               i wonder if ,in time we look back and say remember 2010 and the trouble we had with the cold and snow ??         andy.

[pigeon pete57]

i dont think th cold has much to do with not laying more likely the condition of the birds.i have six pairs of stock birds on young in an avieryand i always pair early and havant had any problems. get the fat of the hens first then start feeding a good mixture to perk them up and away you go   best of luck   peter

[b.w.c]

I find they can be OK or slow to lay when you get a cold spell , paired up a fortnight gone Monday and about 2 thirds laid and they are healthy and in good nic . A mate paired his up a couple of weks before me when the weather was better and his laid no bother .I cannot remember a spell of weather as bad in 20+ years ,what I have found we had the lights on for the stock birds  2 weeks before pairing up from 5.30 am till daylight his did help as we now have 17 from 20 stock pairs laid ( a number of these fist time together).