We took the advice from the Chicken Forum about going back to the starter and then we wondered after the chickens all grew healthy and strong, "Why no eggs?", when we spoke to the humble beloved man at the feed store. His advice..start them on crumbles because they are too old to be on the starter. Since we followed this friendly advice we have some chickens going crazy laying and developing.
I know they needed to get back to the starter though, to get back to health so I am not ungrateful for that advice but I will be happy when they all lay steadily.
One bad thing did happen the other day, we lost Henny Penny to one of our dogs. She was free ranging and when we had our back's turned the dog nailed her. Not only do I miss her, so does the rest of the flock who thought she was their mother.
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