How do I reduce egg laying and bring her nutrition if high production back

[JacinLarkwell]

Yeah Of course they are and Also for you syaing amrket close to me you can become. Pescatarian or use broiler‘s instead of layers or you can just stop feeding the layers the old ones they get food from grass anyways or you can get them up to a sanctuary you can give them to so many people just not harm because they gave you thered eggs

Grass doesn't have enough nutrients. They're not cows. Plus not everyone lives where there is edible grasses all year round

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If there is an animal auction near you, wait til they start laying then sell them and buy a different breed

That is a great idea. I've always wanted to go to a livestock auction, bur there arent any in my state. I know that theres a lot on the coastl states with higher populations though.

 

[RLockhart68]

So if I understand your original post, you want to deny your Isa brown the nutrition she needs, while she is doing what she was bred to do, in order to reduce her egg laying because you believe chickens should only lay 16 eggs a year??? Do you really think that won't cause worse health problems and stress them??? Personally I think you should worry more about making sure they have the nutrition they need to be healthy while they are laying or re-home them to someone who will. I'm sorry you accidentally got a breed of chicken that wasn't what you wanted, but don't make the chicken suffer because of it.

 

[McBriec]

I sympathize with your concern about too many eggs causing health problems. I have had implants put in hens with reproductive tract issues. It works but is very expensive and needs to be done every six months.

I think that, as a practical matter, you have to roll with the genetics of your hens. I personally give my hens lots of nutritious treats like meal worms, kale and sunflower seeds even though that deviates from the stricture that one must feed almost exclusively specially formulated layer mix. I do that because I am more concerned about giving them an enriched life than maximizing egg production.

Just make sure that they have access to plenty of calcium so that you minimize the chance of them becoming egg bound which is very painful and important to avoid. My hens really love hard boiled eggs which I smash up with the shells.

 

[SweetLittleChicks]

Grass doesn't have enough nutrients. They're not cows. Plus not everyone lives where there is edible grasses all year round

Than feed them they leftover rember old hens still lay eggs I have a hen that is 5 and she lays an eg twice a weeks which is bad. But I feed it back to her once my hens and I give my ehns calcium and give there shells crushed oyster shells banana is like giving there egg yolk back

 

[FuzzyCritters]

It seems like you are already helping your hens a lot, by feeding them back their eggs, supplementing protein and calcium, and not feeding them layer (all flock, grower, and flock raiser foods have more protein, so they are good for egg laying hens). ISAs can actually live long, happy lives with proper care, so if you continue keeping them healthy they will be okay even if they still lay eggs.

 

[Chickenmomma9099]

Hey I accidentally got Isa browns which are high layers and get so many problems because of it how do I reduce her egg laying abilty and get her nutrition chcikens we’re created for high egg production cruel people made them have high egg production when they were made as a female human to lay 16 eggs per years and than breed And bam the cruel egg industry came and forced cruel lives and feces environment battery cages environment so I I wanted to help the high production hens shorten egg production so they can live happy do have any advice to get good nutrition and stop the egg production to go high it’s soo bad for the chickens but yet if you do they lose nutrition which shocks them to laying more eggs which is soo horrible which the egg industry dose and it soo cruel andniidont want to feed them layer pellets because there from grinded ex battery hens from cruel egg farms with needles harm and welfare and I recently stopped layer pellets and People collecting there hens egg without pay back and give high nutrition back is so wrong i also hate it when people slaughtered there hens after laying when they did such hard work and suffering by laying eggs I mean it’s not ur egg and ur not the chciken so don’t process her it so wrong if you learn about it you can collect her eggs if you feed her the egg shells with leftover yolk and tuna i would not suggest meat because the anmials in the meat are cruel I would go with fish objects and I need help reducing the egg production I need it less than What it is any professional answers that dose more advance clasees than me. PLEASe READ ALL dont skip any

Hi any updates? Did you find a solution? I know it’s an old post but I’m trying to slow down their egg laying.i got 3 sweet ISA browns and they lay even through winter and I want to give them a break but still make sure they get proper nutrition and mental stimulation but also rest. I heard reducing light works, maybe let out for 6 hours or so. some people say they keep them in the dark for a while maybe a few weeks with dim light for a few weeks but turn off at night..bc they still need a cycle. And of course with proper food and clean water…but not sure if that triggers molt keeping them in dim light.

 

[McChooky]

Hi any updates? Did you find a solution? I know it’s an old post but I’m trying to slow down their egg laying.i got 3 sweet ISA browns and they lay even through winter and I want to give them a break but still make sure they get proper nutrition and mental stimulation but also rest. I heard reducing light works, maybe let out for 6 hours or so. some people say they keep them in the dark for a while maybe a few weeks with dim light for a few weeks but turn off at night..bc they still need a cycle. And of course with proper food and clean water…but not sure if that triggers molt keeping them in dim light.

If you don't want to add light you don't have to but all domestic chickens need sunlight .All domestic chickens. Please don't put your chicken in a dim place to deter laying.You aren't helping her by doing so.

 

[Mrs. K]

I agree with the light, chickens need light. There really is no reason to give them poor living conditions with excessive darkness to prevent a normal life event of laying eggs. Tendencies are not facts of life. Worrying about future problems and doctoring birds without problems is not good for the birds either.

I think that people are borrowing trouble with a preconceived idea of Isa Brown chickens. Mine have been good layers. I always try and have some in the flock. I have really never even had to put one down, they do tend to die around 2.5-3.5 years, but it is a quick death.

Nothing lives forever. There really is no way of knowing what or where death will happen. Give you birds a good place to live, adequate feed, water and shelter from weather extremes - let the rest happen naturally.

Mrs K

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Feeding layer feed does not MAKE hens lay, or make them lay more eggs. Therefore, NOT feeding layer feed does not prevent them from laying. What layer feed does, is provides calcium, which laying hens need. It usually only contains 16% protein, which is fairly low. The calcium is not good for non-layers like males, molting birds, or birds too young or too old to lay. Therefore, a lot of us provide an all-flock formula, which typically contains 20% protein, and we supply calcium in the form of crushed oyster shells in a separate vessel. Laying hens help themselves and non-layers ignore it.