This is possibly a silly question.... but I'm really curious.
My son's father who is much more experienced in chicken keeping says that if you feed your hen fruit they will experience a sharp decline in the number of eggs they lay. He says he read this in a book years ago. He also swears that his experience backs this up...
Now, this man has many lovely qualities, but this constant harping on not feeding fruit to my hens is NOT one of them.
I am getting just just 5 eggs a week from the one hen at this point. (I have 3 adult hens, 1 is new to my flock and hasn't started laying again, and the other raised 10 chicks and hasn't recovered her laying capabilities yet... the chicks are about 13 weeks old so any time now!) I normally feed them their layer rations in the am and then let out to forage about noon and have them back in the coop about 6pm. They get their scraps in the evening. Those scraps consist of whatever my son and I eat. So, they do get some fruit. This man carries on like I'll never get eggs if I feed them fruit. is this true? I appreciate any insight you might have.
TIA
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My son's father who is much more experienced in chicken keeping says that if you feed your hen fruit they will experience a sharp decline in the number of eggs they lay. He says he read this in a book years ago. He also swears that his experience backs this up...
Now, this man has many lovely qualities, but this constant harping on not feeding fruit to my hens is NOT one of them.
TIA
runs w/ scissors