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RE: Goings on at the Chicken Hospital.
We've domesticated all the wild resilience out of them. Much better yield, but everything needs to go right.
Our girls are ravenously hungry and they've stopped laying. Guessing it'll take a while for them to adjust to the cold weather.
Definitely! Breeds like old English game are much closer to their original ancestors and much more resilient. They don't lay as often and not at all out of season.
I'm surprised yours aren't laying at all, as ISAs usually continue through winter, especially in their first year. Could be a good thing if they are more seasonal. You may have them around for longer than usual with less laying issues. Do they look like they're moulting?
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Yes, they do. They've been looking a little frazzled. That and the egg strike started not long after we contained them in one area, so I figured they were just adjusting.
Their energy will all be going into growing new feathers. Moving them can also disturb them enough to stop laying too.
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