Marius Raaths
In the Brooder
- Feb 23, 2015
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Hi folks. I have 150 Hy-Line hens which are a commercial egg laying breed. They are now 7 months old and they are free ranging on a piece of land about 2000sqm. My problem is that I only get about 70 eggs per day no matter what I try. I've changed their laying feed between different brands and also tried adding mixed fowl feed, thought they might have some kind of deficiency. They get on average about 120gr of laying pellets per day per hen which I read is about correct. I might be wrong but I think they should lay a minimum of 6 eggs per week in a free ranging environment. I've spent two days marking the hens as they lay an egg and they appear to be laying one every second day on average. In separate camps next door I have 70 chickens breeding stock of Sussex, Black Australops, Buff Orpingtons, etc all separated per breed. I really want to get the egg production to at least 120-130 eggs per day. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.