cv rollers
290 posts
Mar 12, 2009
10:26 PM
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must be the air LOL,i also have a hen that wont lay ???
and a buddy has 3 that wont lay either ???
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roller heaven
72 posts
Mar 12, 2009
10:30 PM
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They were ok last year but now nothing.
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2692 posts
Mar 12, 2009
10:32 PM
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Is it a old hen ? and if not keep trying give her cod liver oil and a calcium pill every other day..I had one like that and this is all I did and gave him a vitamin E pill every other day too.when ready she will lay .good luck...
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Ralph.
miss opportunity are the curse of potential well if opportunity is not knocking you build the door...
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cv rollers
291 posts
Mar 12, 2009
10:35 PM
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dumb question where do u get that stuff PR?does tony sell it here ????mine is an 05 is that considered old ???
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530flyer
155 posts
Mar 12, 2009
10:36 PM
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i had a hen a while back that couldnt lay eggs..she was mated to a cock for 2 yrs and no eggs..is this possible??..what causes this??
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530flyer
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2694 posts
Mar 12, 2009
10:43 PM
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The hen has a fix amount of eggs in her maybe they bred her to the point my guess..or the hen was sterile..CV ask Tony if he has it email him or hit contact button..
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Ralph.
miss opportunity are the curse of potential well if opportunity is not knocking you build the door...
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cv rollers
292 posts
Mar 12, 2009
10:45 PM
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thanks PR will do
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Pumpkin Man
65 posts
Mar 13, 2009
6:41 AM
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Make sure she is well fed and watered, and she has a place to nest. Throw a couple handfulls of straw in their cage and leave a light on all night long. If you leave a light on all night for a couple weeks and she's not at least building a nest, she may be sick. If she does not lay after a couple weeks with lights on I would probably cull her. I leave lights on 24-7 this time of year. It's amazing how light stimulates egg laying. Try it.
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j .wanless
680 posts
Mar 13, 2009
7:20 AM
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hi all
roller heaven your lucky i have 4 hens this year that have stopped laying + 2 of them are 05 birds.the other 2 are old hens.they go through the motions but no eggs .im afraid theyre finished so ive decided to fly them again.2 of them have been locked away for 5 years.like ralph said a hen only has so many eggs + when she/s used them all theres nothing we can give them to make them lay.so the only thing to do is fly them or use them as feeders .
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Steve S.
100 posts
Mar 13, 2009
1:59 PM
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roller heaven,,,530 flyer,
If the hens are not to old as you have not told us their ages they should lay.
Some hens get a bacteria in the ovum.
Try the following as I have not had any trouble getting eggs with this method.
1. give your hens a 7-10 day round of amoxicillian to kill the bacteria if its in the Ovum.
2. Use about 7 drops of "Tamed Iodine" once a week in a gallon of water.
3. Give them an ounce of calcium gluconate 2 times a
week in a gallon of water.
This is the kind that is injected in cattle for milk
fever.
4. keep plenty crushed oyster shells and red grit on
hand at all times.
5. When not breeding your hens keep them seperate from the cocks till breeding season.
I have used this regimine and I never fail to get eggs that have a high rate of hatch and healthy
youngsters.
Steve
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Bill C
279 posts
Mar 13, 2009
8:32 PM
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I once had an hen that did not lay eggs and Chan Grover told me to put her with all cocks and let her pick out her own mate. She did just that and was paired up in a few days and I put them in their own pen and she laid eggs the rest of the year.
Its worth a try to put her in the cock seperation pen if you have one of those. BIll C
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nicksiders
GOLD MEMBER
3314 posts
Mar 14, 2009
7:31 PM
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I had a hen like that; she just didn't like the bastard I stuck her with (I got where I didn't like him either). I threw a second cock in there and she took to him right away (I liked him, too)
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Just My Take On Things
Nick Siders
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kopetsa
77 posts
Mar 14, 2009
7:39 PM
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how good is the ventilation in the loft?
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harrison
462 posts
Mar 15, 2009
12:58 PM
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My friend has a black badge hen.
Best roller in the shed and she his only around 4 years old.
Last year she just would not lay eggs
And this year she built the nest but no eggs.
It must be in the water.
It seems to be happerning to everyone.
I have a 10 year old cock on full eggs now.
just goes to show dont it.
yours in roll harrison.
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tucknroll
45 posts
Mar 16, 2009
9:12 AM
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roller heaven,,,530 flyer,
If the hens are not to old as you have not told us their ages they should lay.
Some hens get a bacteria in the ovum.
Try the following as I have not had any trouble getting eggs with this method.
1. give your hens a 7-10 day round of amoxicillian to kill the bacteria if its in the Ovum.
2. Use about 7 drops of "Tamed Iodine" once a week in a gallon of water.
3. Give them an ounce of calcium gluconate 2 times a
week in a gallon of water.
This is the kind that is injected in cattle for milk
fever.
4. keep plenty crushed oyster shells and red grit on
hand at all times.
5. When not breeding your hens keep them seperate from the cocks till breeding season.
I have used this regimine and I never fail to get eggs that have a high rate of hatch and healthy
youngsters.
Steve The aforementioned advice is right on the money. If its a young hen and she isn't laying she has possibly contracted a infection of the oviduct. Follow the above directions that Steve has laid out and she should pull through however if she is off cycle the nest thing you can do is to let her set a clutch from another pair and raise. Sometimes that will get her jump started and get her in cycle.
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