Nutrition Be sure to give your chickens the proper feed for best results. Young chickens should receive chick starter until close to laying age. Switch them over to a good quality layer feed to give them the vitamins, minerals, protein, and calories they need to lay those beautiful eggs for you. Free ranging or pastured hens with plenty of room to roam will scratch out a lot of their nutritional requirements, but they will still need layer feed to keep them in top production (unless you have a really awesome and huge compost pile!). They should have access to grass and will appreciate scraps from your table and garden. Note: Do not feed your laying hens too many treats or they will have too much fatty tissue in their abdomen. This will cut down significantly on the number of eggs they are able to produce, plus it isn’t healthy for them. Corn and sunflower seeds are fine for providing extra calories during cold weather, but don’t feed these during the summer.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 12:04:04 +0000
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