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  1. mamatink7

    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

    does that proportion sound right? 6qt feed 12oz bean meal? To get higher than 16% protein. Making sure before I mix a bucket of it. They seem to like this new feed so far, very finely made.
  2. mamatink7

    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

    thx a ton as usual. This has 3.6-4.6% calcium
  3. mamatink7

    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

    Found our local feed finally!! 16%layer and 7%soybean meal. Mixing 12oz bean meal to 6qt feed. Do I add oyster shell in or on the side??
  4. mamatink7

    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

  5. mamatink7

    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

    THANK YOU!! I was trying to say this but I guess was little confusing.
  6. mamatink7

    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

    NO. You put it on a timer. They need to sleep. You have light on before sun up (when normal daylight during spring) till it's bright enough in coop or outside, then turn on again in evening from sun down for couple hrs till they settle on perches. Give them a few hrs extra light with a timer...
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    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

    higher protein during winter is best, between 18-21% protein is great try not to put on all day, only use it for the before daylight time to extend actual daylight. For example: ours are 630-8am and 4-645pm cause our daylight is 745am-505pm. You want to make it between 14-16hrs a day (minus...
  8. mamatink7

    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

    sorry for responding now as its yrs later...do you add oyster shell and omega 3 to the game feed? What's the protein% and calcium %? Ours is 27% and our pullets nearly all stopped, we have high production girls who haven't laid in a wk or more now!
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