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Mar 09 2009

The Secret To Getting Your Chickens To Lay More Eggs

Published by Mr.Dirty Boots at 3:26 pm under Chickens

In a way this post is a mild rant. Here we try to give lots of great tips on becoming more Self Sufficient and one of those ways is by keeping Chickens.

I have given tips on Chicken nesting boxes, building Chicken Coops and much more. What I am amazed at is some of the things people want you to pay for. Yep, E-Books!

While I know there are some great E-Books there are also some dodgy ones. For some reason Chickens seem to be one topic that has generated lots of them. Here we give the information we know for FREE.

A classic I came across was an E-Book that for $10 or so would tell you how to get the maximum number of Eggs from your Chicken in a year.

Want to know how to do it?

Buy A Chicken!!!!!!!!!!

then………….

Buy A Lightbulb!!!!!!!

Seriously. Don’t pay $10 for that type of information.

Chickens Not Laying?

If your Chicken is not laying then it is either too young, too old, the hours of daylight are too short, it is molting or the feed is not of sufficient nutritional value. You can only do anything about the latter two. For the best Chicken egg laying supply some artificial light to fool the Chicken in to thinking the days are still long and it will continue to lay. Make sure you feed it a correct mix with some extra goodies like Cabbage and Grass and the nutrition side should be taken care of.

If you think the info is worth $10 then feel free to send it to us!

Here are the answers to some other Questions some people want paying for:

How Many Eggs Chicken Lay?

Who knows. No one can be exact. It depends on the breed and the individual Chicken. Each Chicken is born with a predetermined number of Eggs it will lay. There is no exact number. If an average Chicken lays roughly five eggs a week for about two years you can work it out from there. Let’s just say a Chicken is well worth the initial investment.

How Many Eggs Can A Chicken Lay In A Day?

One. Chickens lay an Egg, or less, a day, when they are in their prime. As they get older this number will start to decrease. Two to three years is normally the timespan for regular laying and then it tapers off quite dramatically the older they get.

Anyway, mini rant over. If you have any chicken related questions then feel free to ask. Want to read more about Chicken laying than you can shake a stick at? Visit Chicken Nesting Boxes for everything related to chicken laying and Chicken nesting boxes.

What? You haven’t got any Chickens yet? You are missing out!

For a more self sufficient future

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4 responses so far

4 Responses to “The Secret To Getting Your Chickens To Lay More Eggs”

# feralchickon 10 Mar 2009 at 4:07 am

Might also be worth considering that a light bulb now means fewer eggs later. But if your goal is efficiency (quick eggs, then to the stew pot), it makes sense.

One other factor that will definitely impact laying is stress. If you relocated a hen, if it suffers a traumatic event, etc., you can expect a hiatus. But they do bounce back.

So happy hens are good!
# Mr.Dirty Bootson 10 Mar 2009 at 8:18 am

Feralchick, that’s right. The quicker you get the eggs the sooner the Chicken will have layed her quota.

Good point about stress, it will stop them laying for a while.

Yay for the Hens!
# Johnon 10 Mar 2009 at 8:32 pm

http://www.backyardchickens.com/
this is an excellent website for FREE advice from chicken owners.
# mrschickinluvr88on 29 Jun 2009 at 3:12 pm

http://www.backyardpoultry.com is also a great site for free info about raising chickens.