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This is a good suggestion. I may actually get a camera and put in the coop pointed at the boxes too, just to see if I have an egg eater. I'm not going to cull the flock. My family loves them like pets so eggs or not, we will keep them.

They have a feeder in their run full of Purina Layer Crumble. I was giving them fresh fruit (watermelon/raspberries/blueberries... basically whatever was leftover from my toddler), yogurt, and some treat mixes I purchased at my local farm store. Never at the same time; they would only get one...

Interesting. I can try that. No free ranging. It’s far too dangerous where I live… far too many predators.

My 4 hens (2 Easter Eggs, 1 Golden Comet, 1 Black Australorp) all laid eggs their first summer into winter. They slowed down in the winter, as expected (I'm in NJ, USA). In the spring (last year), 1 Easter Egger didn't lay much but the other 3 were very consistent. In the fall, we upgraded their...