Skyleen13
Songster
- Apr 24, 2020
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I’ve got a mixed flock of 10 hens & 1 rooster. my hens are all laying & have been for at least the last 2 months. Recently they began to slow down laying eggs & are molting. I was expecting this & they’ve all been getting lots of extra protein to help them out. The problem is is that I’ve got 1 hen who is actively going after any & all eggs the others have been laying. She’s even harassing any hen on the nests! She’s a Rhode Island Red & she’s about in the middle of the pecking order. She’s been doing this for the last 2-3 weeks. I don’t know what to do. Please help. I’m going so far as to give them fresh roasted fish every day to see if it’s just extra protein they need. Once she cracks the egg the others then eat it dispite the “mom” trying to stop them.