What Helps Chickens to Lay Eggs?
Good quality feed, daylight, and adequate water supply are just some of the factors that help with egg production. For instance, did you know that chicken eggs are about 70% water? Watch and learn as we share this and other helpful tips to help you better understand what helps chickens lay eggs?
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What is of High Importance When Taking Care of your Hens?
Hi. I'm Jenny and I'm from North 40 Outfitters and I'm here to talk to you about the feed and care of your chickens. A good quality feed, daylight, adequate water supply and different supplements are what are going to get you the best egg production. Chickens eggs are about 70% water, so a lot of water is important. Never let your chicken waters run empty. Always keep a good supply of water in front of them.
How do I Make my Egg Shells Stronger?
We have oyster shell to make the eggs stronger. They need the calcium. So that if you pick up an egg and the shell is cracked or it breaks easily, that means your chicken isn't getting enough calcium in his diet and the calcium comes from the oyster shell. Layena has what they call an oyster strong system. All of their feed has extra oyster shell in it, just for this reason. Layena also has an omega-3. Omega-3 makes your yolks a lot darker. It has a marigold extract in that feed and it just looks like healthier eggs.
How do I Keep my Hens Laying Through the Winter Months?
Daylight is another important factor. In the wintertime, if your egg production goes down, most likely there's not enough daylight for your chickens and one was to remedy this is to keep a light on at your chicken coop. We run a light in our chicken coop, about 12 hours a day, in the wintertime because there just is not that many hours of daylight.
Do I need to Give My Hens Grit?
Grit is another important factor in their feed. If you have free-range chickens like I do, grit isn't important because they get all of that when they're out pecking around, getting bugs and gravel and dirt and whatever chickens eat. If you have chickens that are not free-range, grit is very important. They have to have the grit to grind the feed in their stomach. They need that and it's in little tiny pieces of rock and gravel that they pick up on their own naturally and that grinds the feed in their stomach so they can utilize the feed. Thanks for joining us for the chicken videos. If you have any more questions about your chickens, please stop in at any of our North 40 locations or visit us at north40.com.
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