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I am a first time chicken rancher and I have a few questions, does anyone here know anything about them?

They are free ranging so it is always an egg hunt, but right now there aren't any eggs. We are getting about 2 eggs a day right now out of 30 hens. They have free choice layer crumbles and proso millet as well as any other grain they can clean up out in the yard around the grain bins.

The coop is a portable building that is uninsulated with a couple of big windows that I have not closed in. We have had several below zero days so far but I haven't seen any sign of frost bite. So does anyone have any suggestions for things to try to get these silly birds laying again? We got them a couple of weeks before Easter. Isn't it a bit late to still be going through a molt?

I am not using any supplemental lighting but I do have heat lamps over the roost for nighttime warmth. Suggestions? Any more pertinent information that I forgot?
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