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Not my flock - not concerned about my flock. I am suggesting it as a cheap and fast way for those concerned about their feed to do a little test on whether the feed is causing the problem with their hens laying.

Exactly. Not perfect but is easy to do and can give useful information.

I am not saying it is a perfect test - but if the hens start laying with the new feed and then keep laying when switched back to the old feed, it suggests it was not the feed that was causing the lack of eggs.

This is exactly what I was suggesting ^^

I have no issues with my flock or my feed. My suggestion was to help people who are concerned with their feed come to a view on whether it is an issue without needing to test the feed or rely on experts they may not trust. A lot of these people have already done the first half of this test: 'my...

This is a valid design for a study - you are using the same birds as the control. They have a period with supposedly bad feed and a period with good feed and then a period with bad. In this particular case my hypothesis is that the birds will increase laying when they switch back to the bad...

The test that everyone who is worried can do at home is to immediately switch from the concerning feed to a new test feed for a week (or better two weeks) and then switch back to the feed that is causing the concern. Record egg volumes before the test, during the test and after the test. If...