We Switched Chicken Feed... Heres what Happened... 

I bought some rice at the market... swap meet... old... a little out of date... I cook the bag with whatever veggies I had left over... and made a giant pot of super fun. My chickens now see me coming and come a running... I do this often... about once or twice a week... I get at least one egg or about 20 to 23 a day... doing this... out of 24 hens... We buy just simple scratch... and add extras from the house... We eat... they eat... God is good and they are blessed, as they keep laying and we keep giving them away to others... Thank you Lord for every egg.

One of my good friends who has 60 chickens and 15 ducks said for MONTHS now he has not got a single egg. He used commercial feed from Tractor Supply. I told him about all of this going on, and he went to a local mill where they make dog food and various other types of food for animals and use local ingredients, and he said within 5 days of swapping feed, all his chickens and ducks are producing about an egg a day now. Something is definitely going on. Seems like every day I trust our government and these elites less and less.

Just to let you know, Purina makes both of those feeds! My recommendation is that you go to a local feed store, and buy local whole-grain feed.

I have Easter Eggers that lay the green eggs. Also, we add to our chicken feed during the winter months. We add black oil sunflower seeds and whole oats. Our hens love it and never slow down. Just remember, sometimes their little bodies need a break.

The chicken with the dark body and orange heads is your blue egg layer. We have 6. They all have kind of hawk-like colors (not just solid). They are Americaunas. Our production is similar. We’ll let you know!

Yep. We get our feed, scratch, grit, treats and bedding from the local small, family-owned feed store. We simply bump up the scratch and supplements during winter, so not only do they stay warmer, but egg production hasn't declined hardly at all. We get all our produce locally and they get all the *safe* scraps. Finally, we clean, dry and bake all the eggshells, then break them up as fine as possible and add it back into the feed for calcium.

You are exactly right about producers Pride making your egg production completely stop. We lost our Entire quantity of dozens right before Christmas of this year, we switched our food and we are now having them start to lay. It was shocking the change that happened overnight, they went from big fat biddy's, to little skinny Minis.. talk about frustrating devastating and a waste of money!!! I was wondering if this was happening to anyone else and clearly it is, so many people are sharing post like yourself, thank you for taking the time to share

This is our first year with 7 Hens and they'd been on dumor non gmo since finishing chick starter. We were getting up to 5 during the summer and then it stopped to a max of 2 eggs. We just assumed it was a winter thing. After reading about other people's problems we decided to try nature smart organic layer feed. we're now getting up to 6 eggs/day (average 4/day) and my Americaunas are laying blue eggs again after not having any since August!

Just started my first flock a few weeks ago! Loving all you guys and this community for all the help in raising chickens and all the different feed options since they sabotaged us! Keep it doing, Thanks!

I’ve had great success with Nature’s Best Organic Scratch grains lately. My 3 chickens love it and it’s good for them.

Make your own. Black sunflowers seeds, whole oats, millet, flax seed and maybe some corn if you want to add it.

Hi, Glad your egg production is better. I have had chickens, since I was 8 yrs old, now 73. Just a few suggestions, things I've been doing for years. In winter, I buy the birds cabbage, any other green leafy vegetables, I give them cut up apples, safe table scraps,....sometimes a a small amount of dog food , soaked. I make sure they have a dust bath, consisting of saltless sand, wood ashe , diatomaceous earth. I also have oyster shell, in separate container free choice, and gravel , FOR their gizzard. I'm also a retired zoo keeper. Right now I have around 40 layer type birds,.... and around 30 different bantams. All the best, you have a nice flock.

I did this a month ago. I have over 30 hens and was getting less than 8 eggs a day. Once I changed to a local laying pellet, I was back to average 24 eggs a day.

You likely have either an Ameraucana or Easter Egger hen in your flock…or at least one that’s a cross. Ameraucana’s lay eggs like the one you’re getting, and the EE’s egg color varies more from blue to olive green. Both breeds have fluffy cheeks and most often have beards too. Their combs are small. I usually always have 1 or 2 Ameraucana hens in our flock as they’re docile, friendly and hardy. I tried to see which one in your flock looked like the Ameraucana, but I didn’t get a good enough look at them. Just look for some fluffy cheeks and some fluff under the chin! ☺️

I have been saying this for the past 4 months to everyone. My Tractor Supply store had a lot of returned bags of the Pride. Glad you switched. Tractor Supply also sold Standelee alfalfa pellets that had mold in the pellets killing several farm goats and getting horses sick

We had a very similar situation happen with our hens. After changing their feed now we are also getting a least double the amount of eggs daily. Thanks for the video.

I’ve been using producers pride for almost two years now. In late December we had a week of really cold weather at the same time days were at their shortest and all our hens quit laying. I switched their light on(I usually have it on early December) and eight days later I was getting tons of eggs again. Ours get kitchen scraps too so maybe that’s why I’ve not had problems with the feed.

Aloha from Hawaii! The way you can tell the color of the eggs before they are laid, Is by looking at the Chicken's EARS! Right behind the eyes. If it is Brown, Then the eggs will be Brown. White will be White, Green will be Green And so on. Aloha Tom and Sue

Be careful with the Dumor brand too. I had the same issues with this food, as many others have, as you had with producers pride. I switched to a brand that was not owned by Purina and my hens look healthier than they have in years and went back to laying normal amounts. I’m not sure if I trust Purina anymore.

Just started raising chickens, have six RIR hens. They are just turning 10 weeks, but have had them on organic Scratch and Peck, first the starter crumbles since a few days after I brought them home at 5 days old, and now the grower (whole grains) since they turned 8 weeks. They are out of the coop & run every day, foraging for bugs and greens in the back yard, and are just really beautiful healthy girls. Am adding flax & chia for treats, and will be hanging a produce holder in their coop shortly, so they can access apples, and other greens at will (someone suggested cabbage, so will be adding that, too). Have a designated dust bath, with sand, chickie dust & a small amount of diatomaceous earth, set up for them, and various roosting bars. Very excited to see what type of egg production we will get with these ladies. Will come back and update once they start laying. I will add that personally, I would never use anything Purina or ...Egglands Best .. or any of those "national' brands [same goes for my dogs or cat, either...my senior dog (chihuahua terrior) is 17 and still going strong; have had him on a human grade, organic &/or non GMO food for most of his life]. Would avoid anything with GMO ingredients like the plague. Everything I grow is organic, and whatever I buy, as well. Yes, it's more expensive, but you get what you pay for and as the old adage goes .. you can pay the farmer or pay the doctor.

I'm in VT where we have dreary, uber cold winters. I have 18 gals, but a few aren't laying yet. I get at least a half dozen to a dozen per day. Lately it's been closer to a dozen a day without a light or heat lamp. I feed mine organic local layer pellets as well as food & meal scraps from our kitchen and vitamin supplements. I'm a true believer in feeding organic and non-GMO when you can. Glad your production has increased. The quality of feed certainly makes a difference for their bodies! P.s. in your videos for the end I was looking for an Egger but didn't see one in your flock. ✌️❤️ From VT

I have been using the Producer's Pride layer and Dumor starter for years - since I've had chickens. I haven't seen any slowdown at all. I also give my hens table scraps and cat food as snacks.

Aracauna Americauna or Easter Egger chickens are the ones that lay the various colored eggs. Those are my second favorite. My first favorites are the Black Australorps. A study was done with Black Australorps years ago and they lay 365 days a year.

I’ve raised rabbits, quail and still have a lot of chickens. Quality feed is everything. Throwing a lot of protein at them is not always the answer either. Cheap feed is cheap for a reason. I don’t always buy the most expensive but I always try to find good quality feed that gives good results. Interesting results, good luck.

I switched a few months ago to a local feed mill , and I get SO many eggs now . They’re bigger too . I was getting none to maybe 4 eggs a day (if that) from 40 hens . Just the first week after switching feed egg production has sky rocketed

I live in northeast Michigan's lower peninsula, very close to Lake Michigan. We have a good amount of cold and a crazy amount of lake effect snow. Even with clear weather forecasts it's common for our area to snow steadily for days at a time! We average 12-18 laying hens, our rooster Johnny, and we've enjoyed raising a few khaki campbell ducks that have been surprisingly a standout crowd at our farm 😁 I was a committed Tractor Supply consumer. I love the option to get all the big bags of feed, scratch grain, bedding, oyster shell, everything we could possibly need. I've always had great egg production, and they continue to lay in the winter months. We do give them a good amount of kitchen scraps and extra garden produce. We actually started growing some crops just for our birds lol I do love them, sometimes too much maybe but I don't care lol We are lucky to live close to many Amish farms and started buying the feed they produce. Since they make this feed for their farms as well and we have birds in the same environment it just makes the most sense. After talking with them about the ingredients we realized they already added everything my birds need so I'm not premixing dusty feed in a separate container. I know not everyone has available help close by, but if you can find large scale self sufficient farms near you it's a good idea to ask who sells feed or where they buy it. It's probably around the same price too. We paid $17 for a 40lb bag Oct 1st 2023, not bad at all 😁

Same thing. We have 40 chickens and Muscovy ducks. I was feeding them Dumor All Flock feed and we were down to zero eggs for over a month. I put up extra lights on a timer so that they now get 16 hours of light a day and I switched to feed made by a local feed mill. Within 2 weeks we're now getting 24 eggs minimum per day and it's usually more like 30-36. We're up to our eyeballs in eggs and are selling them to some of the neighbors to help cover the feed cost.

Both are made by Purina. Is Purina trying to sabotage Tractor Supply for some reason?

I use omega 3 feed mixed with steam rolled oats, steam rolled barley, cracked corn and oyster shell. Best feed ever! Will keep your hens healthy and laying all year around even though egg laying will slow down with less daylight. Don't forget fruit and veggie treats and more protein in winter.

Hi. I know it sounds crazy, but my GMA used to crack eggs and give them to her hens when they were not laying in winter( high protein); do you give them kitchen scraps? Chickens are omnivores and need fruit, veggies and meat especially in winter. (FYI: every equinox give them a cut up pumpkin sprinkled w diatomaceous earth to rid them of any possible worms). I grew up very old school 😂

That feed never bothered my hens, still going strong and never let up...

I’m almost curtain your blue egg layer is the grey hen with the darker neck. She has a poof of feathers on her head also. She’s a legbar. Looks alot like mine. Their shades of grey/brown differ a lot depending where you source them from. The main characteristics are their head feathers and blue eggs.

The Easter Egger is your greenish/blue egg layer. That will be one of the mingle colored girls. The light brown one you pointed out in the video looks like a Buff Orpington and they lay a light brown egg. I have a mixed flock and love the variety of egg colors. So beautiful.

I heard that some factory in Canada that makes a mineral of some sort that a lot of the national brands use had burnt down or something happened and most food is now being made without this mineral and that’s why the chickens quit laying. It’s been a huge problem over the last 6 months. We live in Ohio and had the same problem with the hens not laying. The blue egg layer is more than likely an Americana chicken also called Easter egged and they have a little tuff off feathers coming out by their ears. That’s your blue egg layer.

I like kaumbach, I do a mix tho of about 50 percent kaumbach, and I do 15 percent wild bird feed, 15 percent wild finch, cracked deer corn (cuz deer corn is cheap) 10 percent. and 5 percent thissle and safflower. I also give them a red solo cups worth of dried black fly larvae so I don't have to give them calcium supplement. There's enough in the larvae. And I give them all over our table and vegetable scraps. My local farm store has a steady supply of the bird seed at all times I love them.

We switched feeds like you did. Our hens love it! I have 7 hens and they lay daily.

Apparently they changed the recipe of the layer feed and now it’s less protein than the information on the bag says it is, so technically you could still use it but you would want to supplement your flock with a protein source.

It's your Americana that laid the blue/green egg! I had the same issue with tractor supply feed, only they quit laying all together, I started mixing my own feed and cooking some pinto beans and wheat pasta for them. The next day I had eggs, after cooking for them. I was shocked. So I went to local feed store and bought some grains and made my own mix. Glade to hear that Dumar is a better feed, I do miss the discounts at tractor supply, since I buy a lot of feed between sheep, ducks, chickens, turkey, other fowl, my guardians, and house dogs!

We had the same problem. I went from zero eggs to 15 within a few days after switching from tsc feed to a co-op in December.

We have used a higher protein feed for years as we found the hens lay more eggs. We used Nutrinia 22% for several years as we had ducks and turkeys to feed too. Now we just have 5 old hens. One is a white leghorn, she is 6+ years old, and lays 4 eggs per week. Currently we are using Naturewise All flock 18% protein. When your chickens molt once a year, they will recover faster and begin laying sooner if you're feeding a higher protein food.

I’ve heard about this but all we’ve ever bought is producers pride from TS - the only place in our town that has feed. And our 3 golden comets, 1 year old , 1 buff orp and 1 black hen - both 3 years old have all been laying eggs just fine. Of course they slowed a bit during winter but in the last month we get 4 eggs every day and sometimes 5. Don’t know if I buy the feed conspiracy - just thankful they are laying

I've only used producers pride and I get 3-4 eggs a day from 5 hens that are approx 10 months old. 1 has laid jumbo eggs since they started laying. I've had zero issues.

we were using CalRanch's "generic" brand "Country Companion" and had the exact same problem. They stopped laying around mid October, and we are pretty far south (literally bottom of Arizona). Heard of the problem with feed and switched them to, weirdly, dog food. WIthin a week they were laying again. Now we are getting about 7 eggs a day (from literally zero with 9 laying hens) and that should go up as our young ones should be maturing soon...

People seem to be getting angry at Tractor Supply but shouldn't the attention really be on Purina? Isn't Purina the one who makes this feed and Tractor Supply is just a distributor? Someone correct me if I am wrong but I doubt Tractor Supply really has anything to do with the production of this product. This is like getting mad at Walmart because your Tide Laundry Detergent doesn't clean your clothes anymore. Right?

It blows my mind that this is happening outside of Europe. In Europe, we don't use "feed". It's the worst thing you can do to your chickens. Use grains. Whole grains. And in spring and summer don't shy away from feeding them literal blades of grass as a "snack", or even green onion. We did this for 12 years and we consistently got 2 eggs a day PER hen! They were so happy, one of them layed a "matrioshka" (I think you'd call it?) - a huge 3-3,5 inch egg that has another fully formed one inside it. I miss those hens, and George, the dumb-ass rooster who'd always tidbit and give all his food to his "wives".

I have speckled Sussex and I think they’re the ones that are laying in the bluish green eggs. I also have the white leg horns and 2 polish. I get 1 white egg, mostly brown and blueish green eggs.

Something I plan to do for winter foraging is taking one from cattle ranchers playbook and spread a bit of winter wheat seed.

My girls just started laying like crazy again too, being fed from the same bag of Producer's Pride they've been not laying on for a month. This is the same time last year they started laying more too. The days get longer, they lay more. Hasn't it always been like that?

Try Kalmbach. I've been getting tons of eggs all through the winter. I've had a week here or there where they were slowing down. But on average, I'm getting over 2 dozen a day out of 32 hens. I too wasn't getting any of my colored eggs before I switched. Now I'm getting all of the colors. Blue, green, olive, Spearmint & someone is laying a beautiful gray one!

Hey, just watched this video. I did exactly what you did. all by accident. I thought their production stopped because of cold weather. But, like you said,, the Dumor feed was the difference in egg production. I was amazed. We learn as we go. Also, my young pullets started laying at five months on Dumor. I didn't expect them to lay so young.

absolutely TRUE! we switched to a local, family run feed store and bout kalmbach feed and we had eggs in the same week of feeding that new feed. no more TS or RK feed.

Dumor is made by Purina same as Producer’s Pride 😢

Same thing for us. We have 8 hens. We went from no eggs at all to 6 per day less than 2 weeks after switching to Kalmbach.

Great job! Glad your babies are producing again. Looks like you have an Easter Eggers who laid that blue egg. Stay warm.

If any of your chickens is an Easter egger they’ll lay the green or blue ones. We have a couple that are mixed with austrolorps (brown eggs) and they all lay beautiful blue eggs. The buff Brahma you have back there the yellow one, most likely is a brown egg layer. I didn’t see any others ones but Wyondottes.

Thank you I’m just about to switch over to egg layer feed and I was curious to see which feed people recommended. Going to buy some today.

Its the little black Silkie. I have the same bird, its green in certain light. I stopped using layer pellets last year as well. cracked corn and scraps now + grit.

Hello, we have a small farm here in Pennsylvania. We have somewhere around 50 chickens. We used to feed purina, then my flock stopped laying completely. They went 2-3 months over summer without laying an egg. I read somewhere they did a test on purina feed and they only came up with 5 percent protein. No good for egg production, needs to be around 16 percent. The bags actually say 16. Long story short, I switched to a local feed mill, i mix my own feed and add soybean meal for extra protein. Eggs everyday.

Sapphire Blue Plymouth Rock lays the green/blue eggs. The brown hen is a Buff Orpington, a great sitter. Egg production goes down when they don't get enough protein.

I agree. I was using that and Purina and my hens totally quit laying. After 4 months, I saw a Vedic. Changed feed and within 5 days I was getting eggs again. It is TRUE!

Thanks for the video. I'm going to switch for the winter to a local feed producer that carries between 16% - 22% protein layer pellets.

My black Australorps have laid pinkish eggs in the past, those are prob my fav birds besides Buff Orpingtons. All sweet, exc layers and will set as well.

I would bring my chickens inside because of the the Dane Wigington discussion of Chemtrails.

I'm glad your egg production has increased, that's awesome. We feed producers pride to our chickens and recently started fermenting the food. I add a half of a scoop of scratch to the fed and our egg production went back up and the eggs are bigger. I was getting 2-3 Jumbo eggs a week, but since fermenting, I'm getting 3-5 Jumbo eggs a day. All the eggs are now larger. I wonder if I switched to Dumor feed if they would be even more and more big ones.

Good thoughts on that !! Ive learned to avoid the "stuff" from the multinational corperations.. and rely on the more local people who use the grain thats grown right here in the valley. Costs a few more dollars per bag, but I can trust whats in it.

Simple and direct. I like that! Thank you.

I get my layer feed from a Mennonite store. Their layer is all real grains and you can see & smell it. The tractor supply that you used to use looks and smells like what comes from the back of the chicken.

Its the one in the corner when you're talking about the Orpington. Orpingtons, the orange one, lay brown eggs. That brown and black one is an Americauna. They are often called easter egg chickens.

Those black and white chickens are beautiful

Chickens don’t usually lay eggs in the winter. Some do, but most don’t. Not enough daylight hours. They start again in the spring. So, make sure it is the feed and not simply the time of year. However, I agree those cheaper feeds filled with corn and soy aren’t doing your chickens any favors. Corn and soy are cheap, but not what chickens like to eat. If you feed any type of whole or cracked grains, you will find the corn is usually just scattered around for the wild birds to eat. My chickens go after the sunflower seeds first, any milo or wheat second. They ignore corn unless there is nothing else.

We went from 5-10 eggs per day, to 22-25 per day with 38-50 hens! We are hand mixing feed. We were using co-op feed.

One of the employees talked me into buying that food for my chicks. A couple of months ago. Big difference in the about of eggs and the chickens look better too. The best move I made and worth the extra money.

My chickens have been eating a whole grain organic feed from a localish producer. They also stopped laying early October and just started up again at the beginning of February. Last year it was the beginning of January. So, not saying it's just the feed. The weather, sunlight, day length and age of your hens all contribute to the lack of eggs. It's just something you deal with. When hens are in their first year of laying, they often don't stop laying their first winter, so we get a false sense of the continuity of production. Live and learn I guess. One of my hens is 8 years old, and is still pooting out an egg now and then. Amazeballs. As for your one blue egg, it may be that pretty dark laced hen with the reddish neck, small comb, or may be a grey one. The blue/green legs make blue/green eggs- it's possibly based on copper stores from birth, as the coloring gets more pale as the hens age. But one of my grey hens lays blue eggs- if I hadn't seen her do it myself, I would not have guessed that she did, as her legs are yellow, not blue/green. Fun with chickens!

The one with the green ear flaps is the one laying green eggs.. hens lay eggs the same color of their ear flaps.

You may already know after 1100 comments, but your bluish-green egg is coming from an Americauna. She'll be a red bird with basically no comb and probably has puffy cheeks. I have one laying the same egg. Great video, thanks.

Buy the Koi pond pellets from TS give your chickens a scoop of pond pellets a few times a week. You will get more eggs no matter the temperature.

Another youtuber said fermenting the feed helps. I'm gonna try it.

Just switched to a Mash - from a local producer. It’s a little over $9.00 for 50# vs $14.90 for layer pellets. I put out both. The chickens immediately chowed down on the mash nearly ignoring the pellets. Egg production has increased. The hens now are waiting for feed as soon as I put it in. Cheaper and more tasty? Gee...I think I’ll go back.

I give my chickens a variety of food, in addition to their commercial feed. I had 11 eggs in a single day from 7 hens. That isn't typical for them, but I have at least 4 hens that laid 2 eggs in a day. I give them vegetable scraps, let them eat weeds and grass, roses, bugs, occasionally a can of cat food, give them their grit, oyster shell (thru go through a lot of that!), a good varied scratch. I let them nest in a cardboard box, which they prefer. Nothing special, just flaps folded down, and I fill it with pine shavings with diatomaceous earth. I let them run around during the day in the yard. They've decimated the bug population in my yard, and turned them into eggs. I use peat moss for their flooring, and I change their water a couple times a day. I had a concern with my last flock about one or two of them laying twice a day occasionally. I wondered if that was OK for their health. I still wonder. I met 1 other lady who had a couple of chickens that also laid twice a day occasionally. Her hens are a couple of years old, and she said that she's healthy and seems fine. I have a mix of breeds that are dual purpose, and they seem healthy and happy. I don't handle them a lot, but they do come when called, and I do check them occasionally. I would suggest checking for predators, be sure your chickens have a safe place to roost, have a variety of food, free choice grit, and oyster shell (when it disappears, replace it!) Spend some time with your birds, especially when they are young. Don't baby them too much when they are young. Acclimate them to normal noises when they are young. Talk to them, teach them to come when called (give them a snack when you call them). It doesn't take much effort, but I feel it's important. *Hint: they love grapes and watermelon, especially in the summer!) Remember, if you've raised them from chicks, they look to you for security! Allow them to run around, give them something interesting to do, such as giving them a new vegetable to try, a new fruit, etc. to keep them busy and entertained. Altering their diet when it gets cold outside so they can keep themselves warm and comfortable is important. If it's freezing outside, a heat source helps. A solar heat lamp is perfect. Remember, light is important for not only egg production but healthy bones and mental health, as well. If you are wondering about your feed, look to see what is in it! Different feeds for different weather. Too much corn in hot months isn't a good thing, but in winter, it may be helpful, BUT in the wild, ask yourself if they'd be eating corn? Growing a lettuce and vegetable patch for them , as letting them in that area after it's grown up, is a good thing. They like meal worms and soldier fly large is a nice protien treat. If They've been eating a lot of fruits and vegetables, be sure they are getting plenty of balanced amino acids/protein. Probiotics are great for them as well. Give them a balanced diet. Carotene is important, too, so be sure they have good mineral sources and foods rich in vitamin A, naturally. Your yolks will be darker and presumably have more vitamins and minerals, too. Happy birds seem to lay more eggs. If their production is off, look to see what might be the problem. Diet, predators, safety, a feeling of safety, water sources, something new to explore (generally a treat of something new) are all important. Oh! They also like groats, but be wary of too much grain, and avoid bread, beans, apple seeds in cores, etc. I hope this helps! If you have a feed issue or think you do, I'd analyze the feed or have your feed analyzed in a lab. You might check with your local university extension to see if they can do an analysis. Never feed your chickens moldy foods or old foods you wouldn't feel comfortable eating yourself! Your eggs will taste better, they'll likely be healthier, and you will be as well when you consume them. I hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your chickens! They are remarkable animals but rely on us for a healthy and safe environment. They view us as their "mom".

My hens get home mixed feed. 1 part whole oat, 1 part cracked corn, 1 part goat sweet feed, 2 parts black oil sunflower seeds.

I free range during the day and feed at night. I use Purina Layena Layer Crumbles. Never had an issue. Zero. I’ve been keeping chickens and ducks for 20 plus years using the same Purina feed.

I get layer feed from a loca feed Mill l 26 miles away. And it is always fresh and consistent. Hens do well on it.

I bought a different commercial feed from a local feed mill. No improvement. I bought the feed mill's mix called "Gamecock" and they improved their laying somewhat. I noticed that the hens wouldn't eat the soybeans in the gamecock mixture. Now they're leaving the corn and wheat behind and waste about half their feed. I've ground up cabbage cores to feed them as a supplement and it helps. I can't allow them to free range like a chicken is supposed to do, because of hawks, coyotes, and the neighbor's dogs. 😖 I'm sure the laying would improve if I could let them scratch.

It doesn’t say it on the bags but all the feed tractor supply sells in made by Purim’s which is the feed everyone has been having problems with. We have 9 layers and one named cookie, she’s a Lakenvelder. She hasn’t missed a day in over two years. We haven’t seen an elegy from her in months so we are switching to a local mill for all natural feed that hasn’t been played with by a company who wants everyone buying from them and not producing their own.

I feed the layer feed as a daily scratch. More a treat, also household scraps and weeds I quickly grab. Out of 11 hens I get 9-11 daily

Easter egg layer lay green! The beautiful light brown in 4:57!! I have one & hope to have more one day! ❤

Oké of them is part Araucana. Usually they have like a wig and bigger cheek feathers and not a visible comb. Araucana's are a slightly smaller bird too so maybe you can figure it out by checking if one has some of those features or hints of them.

Yep we changed to a small feed store here and we have increased our eggs back to normal. I will be adding more home grown things to their diet to keep my birds healthy

Thank you for all your help. The grey chicken called a blue pullett

Agreed 100% with you n you tube videos…. That was wasn’t doing any good to my chickens either ….as soon as changed my chickens started to laying more even taste better too. .. very happy you realize too….❤

We had the opposite problem - we were feeding our hens the expensive feed and they were laying good until the beginning of last summer (2022) when suddenly their egg production dropped dramatically down to about 3 or 4 eggs per day (we have 14 hens). Other people we know were suddenly having the same problem! We then switched to Tractor Supply's Producer's Pride at the recommendation of another person who has success with it. Within about a week after switching to Producer's Pride (and to date), we started seeing 14 eggs per day and sometimes 18-20. So not sure what's going on with this brand - why it works for some but not for others, but it's working for us and it's going on a year from when we first switched to Producer's Pride. Go figure 🤷

So they probably put a bunch of fillers in that producers pride chicken feed, which is probably like ground up wood chips, and corn pulp. Which isn’t really nutritious for chickens to give them what they need to lay eggs they need a lot of calcium. You can crush up old eggshells and put it in their food for calcium because that’s what shells are made out of. Also another thing is usually September October is when chickens stop laying a lot is because they could be molting to get their fluffy coat of feathers for the winter.

The americauna hens lay green to bluish eggs and the hens are typically a speckled dark and medium brown with each feather having both tints on them. Many years ago I was at a local plant nursery and they had a pallet of 20 lb bags of wild bird seed. At 25 cents per bag I bought nearly all of it. I would pour a bag in the chicken feeder every other day and from 24 hens I was getting 23 to 24 eggs each day. Normally I get fairly good egg production during the winter but I do have an overhead light over the chicken yard. Hens are a long day egg producer and if the days get very short they may stop laying.

My chickens have stopped laying entirely. I have 10 hens. They were 2 years old in March. I don’t know what to do. We use the house brand from Atwood’s (a place similar to Tractor Supply). Always had good results with it until now

I use Kalmbach hen house reserve . I have it autoshipped from chewy. It 2 -30lb bags for over 40$.I get great egg production from my girls.

I upgraded as well for the winter months. Our hens were getting thin.

Kalmbach Henhouse Reserve is the best. They make a crumble as well. I mix the two to save a little $. I had the same issue where my chickens stopped laying with the economy brands. I tried a few. If you have a small flock, Kalmbach is great. If you have a large flock, it can be expensive. I live in Florida and we do not have the option to get local mill food.

Yes! Wow! It explains why mine stopped, too. Only, I had switchwd from a feed from our Family Farm and Home. I got a really good deal, so I bought a pallet of bags!😔🙄. I'll go back tt my local feed supplier.

The Easter Egger did with the puffy face and no top LOl 😂❤❤❤ we have one too

The gray Amercuana looking hen would be the one to lay that greenish blue egg 👍🏼