Hi,
i'm fairly new with chicken keeping so I apologise if my question sounds stupid. We have four young hens, supposedly of the same age (but can't be 100% sure). One of them layed her first egg today, but not the 3 others yet. My question is how to do regarding the feed? Up to now they were on young hen feed, but I read that giving young hens some adult feed can be dangerous if they are not laying eggs yet because of the high calcium content. Considering I don't even know yet which one layed the egg, can I give the adult feed to all of them at this point? Or should I go on with the young feed until I'm sure all hens are laying eggs? (but then they would lack calcium to lay properly, no?)
Thanks in advance for your help
i'm fairly new with chicken keeping so I apologise if my question sounds stupid. We have four young hens, supposedly of the same age (but can't be 100% sure). One of them layed her first egg today, but not the 3 others yet. My question is how to do regarding the feed? Up to now they were on young hen feed, but I read that giving young hens some adult feed can be dangerous if they are not laying eggs yet because of the high calcium content. Considering I don't even know yet which one layed the egg, can I give the adult feed to all of them at this point? Or should I go on with the young feed until I'm sure all hens are laying eggs? (but then they would lack calcium to lay properly, no?)
Thanks in advance for your help