how to increase egg production

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Wow my two cochin's haven't laid for 6 days and I just feed them some instant coffee grain and what do you know they both laid today.
 
Hi, we have mixed breeds (5 hens 1 silky rooster) and they are all about the same age around 9-10 months old. I get 1 egg a day! They laid better earlier on. Now it's summer and quite warm. One has gone broody and I gave up, she has 17 eggs in her clutch now, we are waiting on chicks any day now. But the others are in the hen house every night and out in our yard roaming free all day from sun up to sun down. There is another that is broody but lays no eggs. I put her out of the hen house 3 or 4 times a day, she dosnt even lay.

1) How can I get them laying again?
2) is there any such thing as regular laying?
 
My friend has 36 hens and only gets about 6 eggs a day. I will suggest the coffe idea to her!:lol:
 
Bentley said:
As birds age the natural egg production begins to decrease regardless of what you do. Also, within a reproduction cycle egg production also begins to decrease until the birds reach a point that they need to 'regenerate' their body reserves. This usually is when and why they go through a molt. By adding artificial lighting during short days (winter) you can extend the natural egg production cycle to get eggs through these months. However, at some point birds will need to regenerate their reserves and this will usually happen in the form of a 'soft molt' where they may or may not go out of egg production completely. My birds are exposed to 15 hour day lengths year round and I get eggs all year but the birds will individually go through a soft molt so I never will really cease to get eggs.

So, allow them to molt when they are ready. If they have been laying pretty consistently since early Spring they may need the break anyway. If they seem to be shutting down egg production anyway then maybe you could remove the artificial light and reduce feed quality and quantity and allow them ALL to go out of production and get ready for spring.

Good luck!!!
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raspeary said:
My girls seem to be slacking.  I have the light in the coop on so they are getting 14 hours of light a day.  They have plenty of food and water available at all times.   I'm only geting 1 egg a day from 7 hens or 2 if i'm lucky.  Don't understand why they aren't laying more.  There has been no signs of egg eating either.  They seem healthy with no problems.    Any suggestions?
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well you should ensure the coop is clean because chickens love clean coop and ensure that the part where you want them to lay doesn't have any termites running around. Also make sure they have enough space because they could be stressed. Make sure they sleep on something high above ground like a stick or branch.And finally make sure they have food and water all the time but don'tlet them get too fat because fat hens don't lay.
 

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