Chickens not laying eggs!! Here's what you can do about it.
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- čas přidán 27. 02. 2014
- Why are my chickens not laying eggs? It can be a very frustrating question. In this video Becky shows you how she dealt with some issues in her chicken coop that were hurting egg production. She also shows you some other things you can look out for that might stop your hens from laying.
Becky... I just want to say thank you! I have spent DAYS (like all day every day) trying to learn about chickens on YT. I considered myself to be well armed with information until I saw your videos. You really know your stuff lady! Thanks for sharing all the little things us noobs really need to know. :)
I added an extra roost and went from 3 to 4-5 eggs per day. Great channel. Thank you!!
hey, how are u doing?
Luv your nest box totes! When I use 2x4s with chickens I always position the board on its wide side. Up here in N. IL my chickens roost on the flat side of the board and settle down and cover their feet. Keeps their feet nice and warm in winter :) but also its less stress as well! Really enjoy your videos Becky!
Thank you for the simplicity of explaining about chickens, the clarity in you video and making raising chicken fun not a chore.:)
I like to come and visit this channel because Becky lives in the country and has chickens. I can always learn something from anybody. I just watch and listen make considerations and make my decisions from what I observe from everyone. This is a cool channel I like it.
I built the TOTE boxes that you showed on another video. I noticed that the boxes are more stable and are easier to clean if you flip them upside down. Then, you can just snap off the bottem to clean. Thanks for your videos, Becky. YOU are my pioneer hero and I look foreward to your videos!
What a gem! You pointed out stuffs that I need many years to discover.
Becky, you have a great personality!!!! I enjoy watching your videos. I'm learning a lot about chickens, bees, and gardening, etc. I love animals and being outdoors!!!
That was very helpful. Thank you so much for all that you do for your fellow homesteaders!
I have watched your many videos and those are very helpful. I have just started backyard chicken coop about few weeks back. Your videos are helped me in many ways. Thanks alot.
Hi Becky, I've learnt a lot from your videos. I just made a video showing my first chickens ever!! I'm so excited about it. Thanks for all your great info.
Hi Becky ! I absolutely enjoy your videos. I lv your lifestyle and determination to live it. I have also been living on a farm in an RV for 5 years now. I have chickens an think they are the cutest creatures ever. Thank you for you posts Anita
PLEASE do not take this wrong, but your videos make me laugh. I love watching your content cause it's real and you leave those funny little moments. Keep up the good work! 👍🏻👍🏻
Becky, I just found your channel and boy am I jealous! If I wasn't a sick lady I think I would do exactly what you are, no, I know I would. Great job on everything!! Love your channel.
That's a great idea about putting a backboard behind the roost so they feel secure. I'd also add some extra steps so they don't have to hop up so high- this will be important as they age.
You are literally the cutest! I found your videos a few weeks ago when I got my first flock of chickens and I had to subscribe because I keep "consulting Becky" when I have questions hahaha :) Love the videos and I absolutely love your spunky personality!
Great video Becky! very professionally put together with great information and very well presented :)
You seem to have soo much fun. It makes me appreciate and want to work harder in my large backyard, even though it is in the city. Thanks for your videos
I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Adopted two chickens myself who live in my backyard + eglu, and I keep learning things from your video's. Greetings from The Netherlands.
I'm glad I found your channel! You're so delightful to watch! Thanks for the great tips! :D
I love this video! I used to keep chickens. I miss them. I didn't eat them but I did like watching them do their thing! Mine were free to roam and have fun. It was all fine...until...the MASSACRE.
You can also paint the inside of the coop with a limewash. We have never had problems in our coops and we freshen it with homemade limewash. It makes the coop look great and keeps the bugs at bay! ~Ranger Hill Honey Farm
Interesting
Howdy Becky, I have been a long time viewer but never commented.
Thank you for your channel and the GREAT information!
Good job lady. I'm going to try and do all three. You were the first video I watched about my issues. Thanks.
Are you having trouble laying eggs, Bill? 🤣 I'm just trying to be funny. 😉
NICE... Becky knows BEST to her chickens... she is so witty and smart
Hi Becky I want to thank you for all the great information you share with all of us, is been helping me so much my young hens are laying eggs out of control I when for one egg to number four today. Thanks happy holiday
I have 30 hens all laying well so far away out in Northern Ireland countryside.
Great advice Becky love the videos. We have family in Georgia and love the countryside over there to.
You are by far my most favorite Homestead CZcamsr. I always learn so much!
***** sad to hear that because she is teaching wrong!! Better find someone else especially if you are listening to her about your animals!! TRUST ME, do some research and you will find out what I am saying is true!!
So happy your back with videos. I missed your videos
Love your videos very informative.
Just the information I needed to solve the problem.. thanks so much for your very informative video, lets hope it solves the egg shortage on our farm here in Australia.
I am so glad I found your videos Becky look forward to watching them
Becky i LUV your informative video's!!
I was planning on getting some chickens to raise.
You are doing a really good work here my friend!
LUV IT !!
Love your homestead and great videos! Keep them coming!
I noticed what you were using for nests, brilliant! I'm going to get some tomorrow! Thanks Becky! Love the channel! Best regards, MiF
I just love you Becky ... You make me chuckle. Chickens have such personalities .... ❤️
Enjoying your videos. Will be homesteading soon, and appreciate the information you provide.
A lot of times they won't lay because they are not happy with there nesting, most likely the younger chickens will sleep on the new perch and of course they always need plenty of food ,thanks Becky I knew most of this stuff but I like the video :) thanks Becky
I Love your videos and what you have done with your life. God Bless You. Would love to see more videos.
What a wonderful cabin you made !!!
You are so sweet Becky. I am learning alot watching your videos. Keep'm comin!
Becky and son, thank you all for sharing. Blessings !
Enjoying your content and humor. My Becky
Thanks for the tips! You have a great looking place there. The cabin is awesome!😀
Great vid, Becky. I'd suggest that you place the 2x4 roost with the wide side (4" side) up.
You are absolutely adorable!!! Your reaction to the acorn had me laughing so hard! LOL! Great Video!
Wow! Totally admire YOU Becky....Not just about the chickens, but also your enthusiasm and skills. I really appreciate the way you explain everything, step by step; And you built your own cabin???? OMG! from city chica going country!!!
Becky, thank you... I have taken your advice on a lot of things! The way you grow your potatoes... Brilliant..... I've done as you've said and mine are growing better than the five gallon bucket idea or the dog food bag idea! So I'm going to try this with my chickens. And people if you don't like her suggestions (yes suggestions) they are not mandates lol. Then move on but don't be negative.
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I agree with you Ms. Alvare. If someone doesn't agree with her videos, by golly just move along. smh
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and making these great videos for all of us
Hello Becky, like your videos and glad you shared these. Thank you!
this womans a legend becky you earned yourself a new subscriber and that's me
Love her videos. Trying her advice on my chickens! Can't wait to see if it works.
I'm a new subscriber, Becky. I came across your channel when a rooster showed up in my yard and decided he wanted to stay. I grew up with chickens and have always wanted some as an adult but never thought I lived on property that could sustain them. After watching lots of backyard chicken videos, I decided I COULD have chickens on my one acre lot. So I purchased 3 hens for my rooster and am currently building a chicken coop for them and have ordered a large chicken run for them. I'm so excited to be able to have chickens and your videos are very informative and helpful to me as a new chicken owner. Thank you so much for all the effort you put into making your videos to help those like me. I LOVE your channel and your story is so inspiring and admirable.
thank you ,my chickens are finally starting to lay eggs . I'm so excited
Our chickens just would not lay so we talked to the lady that sold us the chickens and she told us to sprinkle some cayenne pepper on their food. It worked perfect and it is now winter and they are still laying. Just wanted to tell you this interesting tidbit.
Really??
you shouldn't make your chickens lay in winter. Its not healthy for them. They need a break just like any other animal.IF you notice a tapering off of eggs avoid forcing them back into production. Also lights in the coop at night can trick them into maintaining summer production.
LOL
evone kent and the other hand I don't know
Cayenne definitely worked for me too. I added about a tablespoon to their feed, which holds approx 1 gallon of food.
After the intro I immediately had to stop the video and subscribe, amazing! 👏
Love your videos. My mom has some ceramic eggs, and she also used golf balls in the nest.
Hey this is a hairstylist, quick tip, you have wavy/curly hair try to never brush your hair when it is dry it just creates frizz. Try to practice wet styling! Oh and I love what you are doing, it’s so inspiring to see a woman who has built her life with her own two hands!
Hi Becky, took your adi n got black astrolorps. So excited cause always wanted. I saw top 10 chicken mistakes from You later doing research. Oops! Got mid of February n just moved them out today and they are so happy. Thanks Becky!
I am a city slicker Grammy...just found your channel. I love it!oxox
Becky you are the BEST!
Thank You for your video... my chicken is also not laying eggs like before... I'm gonna check the coop for improvements today...
Hi Becky....You have been so valuable to my new little flock...yes, very little flock. I only have two hens and a rooster. The hens were going wild laying eggs. I was getting 12 eggs a week just from these two cuties. However, over the past week and a half, Blackie stopped laying eggs and she looks a little slimmer. I'll try some of your suggestions. I'm going to subscribe to your channel.
hello just found your channel in youtoube and i love it cant stop watching
Oh, Miss Becky, you're such a brute! Thanks for this 😊🐔🐣
Great information! I may get a couple of hens this year. :)))
Great stuff. So glad to see you back posting.. I so look forward to your post. I make your goats milk soap all the time.
I just love your youtube channel. I think hgtv or tlc should've made a show about your adventures from the beginning. It would've been a top show.
Great vid and insight Thanxs for the vid....
I've noticed people who raise free range chickens seem to be happier
Yes, chickens are funny to watch and make us happy! (:
Here in Tipperary,Ireland,we kept Rhode Island Reds. The younger hens were called pullets and ,of course,all were given names! By the way,another way to encourage egg production is to just warn them,unless they up production, they will end up in the oven!!
Gee Becky, thanks for the cliff hanger...did the additional perch ans extra food bring back the egg production assembly line?
You are so cute Beckie...."the sky is falling,!the sky is falling!" 'chicken little"..lol... thanks for the advice;) another great video
Tfh
Thanks Becky! My hens will soon have a perch, I'll clean the nesting boxes tomorrow and put in new straw and hopefully the organic laying mash will arrive at the feed store and I can get them back on their regular diet.
new subscriber fantastic channel all the best from the UK England
I am Montagnard indigenous I love you coop it’s nice place for chickens to live they have enough room to walk , play happy .
My hens STOPPED laying about 2 months ago. Before it really got cold. I didn't know what to do. I watched how Becky fed her hens and tried it. Still nothing for about 2 weeks. Then. LOL Now I am getting 6-8 eggs a day from my 14 different type hens. Thanks Becky!
I missed living in the country side back in Malaysia. City life really worn me out.
Becky thank you so very much for uploading this video clip.
After obtaining a couple of hens who laid every day then suddenly stopped.
Yes they molted so we thought it was just that?
But they didn't return to egg laying.
After watching this video and another one you uploaded regarding their diet.
I tried everything you suggested and it has obviously worked.
Yesterday and again we have nice big eggs from one hen and looking forward to the other laying again real soon as well.
Thank You.
+Ange Real That's great to hear
thanks Becky... much love
GLAD TO SEE YOU MAKING VIDEOS AGAIN GOD BLESS
If it were me, I'd (first) install the 2x4 flat side up so the chooks can sleep on their feet, keeping them warmer at night. I'd also replace the branch with a 2x4 for the same reason. I would also (second) install a second feeder instead of increasing the work to be done each week. And (third), I would never, ever use diatomaceous earth anywhere around my chooks. If you read the directions on the DE container, you'll see that you are supposed to wear a mask when handling it. That is to protect you from the possibility of getting a respiratory infection. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Don't use it around your chooks either because it will give them a respiratory infection. You can count on it. I generally like your videos and I am a subscriber but I just had to mention these three things. Thanks for listening.
Put in their feed, it makes a great wormer, plus dusted on them, it gets rid of mites.
How about pumpkin seeds for worming chickens?
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Eggcellent advice!!
Sundancer ahahhaha EGGcellent 😂😂😂
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Que original no?
Sundancer fuck off
Bruh just stop
Thank you so much! I am new to all this and it has been a great help. We retired to the mountains and on a tight budget, so NEED to get chickens. Next spring tackle the larger garden. Thanks again. JO
This video answered all of my questions thank you so very much,,
My first visit to your videos..Really enjoyed it.....Best of everything to you
These are great, I have been looking for something like this for years. ty ty ty.
I'm going to get chicken soon and I would love it if you could make more videos on chickens, and by the way great show!! :)
This helped so much I bought 8 more hens that lay eggs and mixed them together with the hens about to lay
Thanks, lovely vid and cleared up a couple of issues i have :)
your'e awsome ,
You should be very proud of the feats youv'e accomplished. i really love your video's.
awesome Video Thanks Becky!!
thank you Becky you always have great advise 😊
Thank you Becky. I appreciate your videos. Please keep on, keeping on, your video made some valid points, some comments here were valid too, what some folks fail to realize this is a journey. What you know today is different than what you knew last year or the year before and next year God willing you will know even more. Folks should check the time stamps on videos before lashing out, and no sane person is going to take one single video and use it as their only reference. We are community sharing information and it is possible to do that in a caring way. Thanks again for your info. Stay Blessed
Very nice video Becky! 💓
im from the philippines and a new member of you vlog. i joined because i feel like emulating you, becky.
Hey Becky, very cool youtube channel! We have road island reds and domineckers. One trick is turn the lights (red color for less stress) on about 3am (put it on a timer) for a little while. I don't do it to our chickens though as I think they deserve a rest in the winter time and the eggs don't taste as natural without all the bugs in their diet.
Hai. I like your sense of humor.
Great information! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the advice!
Thanks For the information! Subscribed!
And also your videos are helping me with my pottery right now my Americanos want to lay eggs but they can’t