How to make your chickens lay more eggs

If you have chickens, you will agree with me when I say that you can have fresh, high-quality eggs almost at will. I like to call them vessels full of goodness. It goes without saying that few foods contain the kind of nutrients that eggs do.

If you know how to raise chickens, they will lay eggs, regardless of whether they are fertilized or not. Egg production occurs naturally in a chicken’s body. However, there are external factors that can reduce their ability to produce eggs. The good news is that there are a few things you can do to increase the number of eggs your chickens lay.

Here’s how to get your chickens to lay more eggs:

1. Have comfortable nest boxes… Provide your chickens with nesting boxes and make them as comfortable as possible. Fill them with hay and have a depression in the center of the box so that the chickens feel comfortable when they sit in it. If your chickens feel that they are in a safe place, it goes without saying that they will produce more eggs.

2.Provide warmth… Place some heat lamps around the nest boxes. Make sure they are on low heat. Also, make sure the boxes are warm to attract the hens to lay eggs. However, providing heat may only be necessary during the cold months.

3. Have fluorescent lights in place…Making your flock lay a lot of eggs means being creative. Connect fluorescent lights to timers and set them to cycle off and on for twelve hours at a time. Put them on during normal daylight hours and keep them off at night.

Position them so that they can distribute light evenly throughout the coop. In fact, you will have replicated day and night and this will create an environment that will allow your hens to constantly lay eggs. This tip is especially helpful during the cold winter months when it is darkest.

4. Routinely collect eggs… Be sure to collect eggs for the chicken coop every morning and make it a routine. Leaving eggs in nest boxes for long periods of time can make hens want to hatch them, even if they are infertile. This is a process known as brooding, which causes the hen to stop laying eggs.

5. Be patient with chickens… The search for how to raise chickens also requires some patience. Perhaps the reason your hens are laying few eggs is because they are not at their prime. Allow the hens to be at least sixteen to twenty-six weeks old before you can realistically expect them to start laying eggs. In fact, they may start laying eggs a bit later, but you’ll be disappointed if you expect them to start laying many eggs before sixteen weeks.

6. Feed the chickens well… If you feed your chickens cheap, usually low-quality feed, it can lead to lousy or no egg production at all. Do you want your chickens to produce more eggs? Feed them well. Research has shown that corn, starchy foods and oils can reduce the rate of egg production. Knowing how to raise chickens means that you give them the food that will provide them with all the necessary nutrients, this not only ensures that they stay healthy, but also increases productivity. Occasionally feed your chickens crushed oyster shells to increase calcium intake, which is very important in egg development.

7. Give them plenty of water… You may not know it, but chickens require a constant supply of water to stay healthy and productive. Check the water levels at least twice a day and be sure to replace the water in case it is dirty.