Re: Drop in production

On Fri, 9 May 2008 08:31:00 -0500, "Amy Blankenship"
<Amy_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I would look at either temperature or neighbors. I had a friend who almost
slaughtered her whole flock until a padlock showed her the birds were
producing just fine.

Also, I once had a kid look after my birds while I was out of town an the
birds were about the same age as yours are now. She decided she didn't need
to come anymore, and my birds were left with no food and little water for
over a day. It took a couple of months for them to get back up to full
production. Any chance anything like that happened to Coop 1?

Hi Amy,

No, I don't have any neighbors, and I feed and water the birds myself.
The feeders hold a 4-5 day supply, and I water every day. The birds
are basically housed under identical conditions, and they are fairly
close together; one is in a side yard, and the other in front.
Only differences in coop1 are the rooster in the pen, and 2 fewer
birds.

.

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