Chicken apetite increased

[Rizu]

Hi
My chicken is under molting and also not laying egg becoz of change in location. Her weight has also decreased because of change in feeds. She is around 3.5 years old white leg horn,but her apetite is too much. Due to her apetite can i take it as signal that she will lay egg soon? I feed her vitamib B and vitamin C.
What u guyz think?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Her feed consumption likely doesn't correlate to onset of lay.
Could the increased appetite be a result of parasites?
What is your location? Combs/wattles will enlarge and turn red as they get close to laying. Check the distance between the pointy pelvic bones. It will enlarge to 2 finger width or more. If it is that wide, eggs are imminent.
Need more information about your vitamins. Why are you doing those 2? What is the primary type of feed?

 

[Rizu]

Wel i am from india ( asia). Am not a p

Her feed consumption likely doesn't correlate to onset of lay.
What is your location? Combs/wattles will enlarge and turn red as they get close to laying. Check the distance between the pointy pelvic bones. It will enlarge to 2 or finger width. If it is that wide, eggs are imminent.
Need more information about your vitamins. Why are you doing those 2? What is the primary type of feed?

Hi
My location is in india ( asia). I am not a professional poultry breeder. I give her what i eat ie rice with fish curry and some time cooked wheat floor ( chapati). I give her vitamin b and c becoz both r good for laying egg. Need ur advice.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Chickens, like most other animals (other than primates and guinea pigs) don't need vitamin C because they can synthesize their own. Depending on the order of bird, it can be made in either the liver or the kidneys.

Besides rice and wheat, they likely need more varied nutrition.
The fish is a good idea. Do they free range? You may find this helpful.
https://www.indiaagronet.com/indiaagronet/poultry_management/CONTENTS/Feeds.htm

 

[Rizu]

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Chickens, like most other animals (other than primates and guinea pigs) don't need vitamin C because they can synthesize their own. Depending on the order of bird, it can be made in either the liver or the kidneys.

Besides rice and wheat, they likely need more varied nutrition.
The fish is a good idea. Do they free range? You may find this helpful.
https://www.indiaagronet.com/indiaagronet/poultry_management/CONTENTS/Feeds.htm

Free range means?

 

[Welshies]

They should have oyster shell for calcium, or crushed egg shell baked in the oven. They need an 18-20% protein level.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Free range is the ability to roam the countryside to find bugs, greens and seeds. That will improve their nutritional intake. If there is nothing growing where they live, they probably need different feedstuffs.

 

[Rizu]

Free range is the ability to roam the countryside to find bugs, greens and seeds. That will improve their nutritional intake. If there is nothing growing where they live, they probably need different feedstuffs.

She is free range but she dont no how to find bugs as she is born and broughtup in farm

 

[Welshies]

She is free range but she dont no how to find bugs as she is born and broughtup in farm

All chickens can find bugs.