fruit for layers?

[fr27davis]

long story short my girls layed there first eggs yesterday, three small ones, but still layed some. today nothing, i was reading someware it stated not to feed them fruit (which will make them stop laying), and yesterday they got some peaches. so is this true?

 

[greenegglover]

Its never stopped my chicks!

 

[Imp]

It's an old wives tale. Not true. Although a steady diet of a lot of fruit would not be great for laying hens.

Imp

 

[ChickiKat]

my chickers didnt like peaches..

 

[Amethyste]

Just a story is all...my girls get fruit every day and lay just fine.

Apples, peaches, bananas, berries.... and they keep on truckin with the eggs

We have been giving them fruit every day practically for the 8 years with no issue, so I think you should be ok

 

[mississippifarmboy]

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As long as they are getting the regular feed too, a little fruit will not affect the laying. Ours are penned with grape vines, peach, apple, plum, pear, crab-apple and other fruit trees and eat lots of it during the season plus they get any table scaps including fruits every day.

A diet of only fruit would cause them to stop laying. Of course a diet of only fruit would cause me to stop living.

 

[RHRanch]

Mine get fruit all the time - sometimes daily during spring and summer when the orchard trees are dropping a lot of fruit. Doesn't hurt them, and they lay fantastic orange high domed yolked eggs!

 

[fr27davis]

cool thanks for the replies, did get another egg today so i guess i worried for nothing!

 

[debid]

When they first start laying, it's not unusual for them to be a bit erratic with egg frequency.