cayenne pepper for 28 hens

[AccidentalFarm]

I've heard the cayenne "oranges" up the yolks for a better? looking cracked egg ..... I'm sure I read that here somewhere.

Feeding cayenne can produce a darker yolk, but it doesn't improve the quality or quantity of eggs.

 

[black_cat]

I feed chick starter which is 26% protein, layena which is high in calcuim, 3 grain scratch and oyster shell. As snacks, i give them cabbage, pumpkin, sweet potatoes. I have red & black star, blue laced red wyndotte, columbian wyndotte, barred rock, sex link , As for ages they range from 7 months to 5 months I average 10-15 eggs a day

Scratch should be fed as a treat, not as part of their feed.

 

[natyvidal]

I have 37 laying hens, different heritage breeds or hybrids that were bought for maximum egg production.
I get about 10 dozen eggs a week average. And they indeed started doing better after I installed a light in the coop area. You have some very nice breeds in your flock. But, how many hens do you have?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I have 37 laying hens, different heritage breeds or hybrids that were bought for maximum egg production.
I get about 10 dozen eggs a week average. And they indeed started doing better after I installed a light in the coop area. You have some very nice breeds in your flock. But, how many hens do you have?

28

 

[chickeylady]

28 hens and 2 roosters

 

[peeper89]

No, it doesn't.
Birds cannot detect 'hot' stuff.....mammals can tho.
Why adding cayenne to bird feed can repel rodents and other mammals.

but it burn mine

 

[JacinLarkwell]

but it burn mine

And you're a person not a bird. Different animals, different sense and adaptations

 

[jolenesdad]

You shouldn't use more than 2% of their diet, but as many have said, consider it only for color of the yolks. Do they free range?

I wouldn't worry too much about production, days are getting longer every day now. Production will naturally increase just around the corner.

 

[aart]

but it burn mine

You do know that humans are mammals, right?

 

[peeper89]

You do know that humans are mammals, right?

u so funny!