Egg production severely reduced

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Hey, fellow chicken enthusiasts! It sounds like you're in quite the egg-citing pickle with your flock. Having eight hens that were once laying like champions, only to drop to a meager one or two eggs daily, can be frustrating. You’ve already taken steps by treating for gape worm, which is a great start, but it appears the egg production mystery remains unsolved. With your hens looking healthy, active, and well-fed on organic feed, it’s puzzling. Perhaps there’s a sneaky egg thief lurking around, or maybe environmental factors are at play. Let’s brainstorm together to get your feathered friends back to clucking out those eggs! Any insights or advice from the community would be super helpful!

Hey all.

We need some advice. We have 8 hens. All since pullets and has been about a year or so. They are looked after so well, and we were getting 6-7 eggs daily for ages. Then all of a sudden egg production went down to one or two a day sometimes one every two days - total.

We noticed one of our hens had gape worm symptoms so we treated the whole flock with Fluverm. It's been weeks now and egg production is still dismal. They all look healthy and eat well, active. No symptoms.

Our chickens are on organic feed and has been the same feed since they were laying. Their water is fresh and we dose it with avi vital (probiotic) for extra health.

We have no idea what's going on, I searched the whole yard for hidden egg stash and there are none. Unless someone is stealing them.

We are in Australia if that helps. Any advice is welcome.

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