I had a customer today tell me that my chicken eggs were too small compared to the person she usually buys them from. I didn't ask her if she knew what breed chickens they had. I know a good portion of my chickens are young yet, but I also read people using dog food or fish meal? Any ideas?
I don't know of any way you could increase the size of the eggs you are getting from your existing flock... but here is a chart that you might find helpful http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html it has a "Egg color & productivity; egg size" field. Hope it's helpful.
1. They lay pullet eggs first, which are smaller. 2. The higher the protein level, the larger the eggs- according to a BYC'er who sells eggs professionally. But you don't want to overdo it either. There are higher protein feeds, like 20%, where you have to give oyster shell separately. 3. Be careful with fish meal, as too much will make the eggs taste bad.
