I don't think you are going to get a hen to lay more than one egg in 24 hours. What level of protein do you have in your feed.Hi, I've raised chickens since I was 10, and one thing I always wondered was, if there is a way to help hens lay more than 1 egg a day. I've heard that yogurt can help them lay better, but I'm sure there's something out there that might work better. So, if anyone has any ideas I'd love to try some new things out. Thanks
Read up on your birds. You know homework. LOL. And see how many eggs they typically lay a year. Some of the Big Name Chick sellers with list descriptions of the birds including something like lays 180 eggs a year. So using round figures ( I didn't get new math in school) 180 eggs a year adds up to 6 months. I think you will agree with that. So that means they don't lay any eggs 6 months out of the year. Now they may not lay for 6 months straight, they might space that non laying time out and lay erratically. 2 days on 2 days off. Only one egg per week or maybe 5 eggs another week. Chickens are not robots we really can't depend on the same number of eggs every day. Winter time with it's lower number of hours of light can cause a chicken to slow up. Just like humans, many don't like to do a lot in the winter. Just kinda rest and get ready for the good weather. So those things might be some of the issues with your chickens. Good luck, take good care of them, fresh water all the time ( not frozen) high protein food especially in the winter and after a molt. Feathers are mostly protein and they can't make eggs and feathers so that contributes to reduced production. Make sure you don't lose any to predators. Check them over every day if you can to make sure they aren't sick. They get sick and sicker quickly. Be proactive in that way. And they will reward you when they are ready. Good luck, 20% protein chicken feed. Don't forget. If you don't have any right now but have a lot of other feed you might try to store that feed somewhere or somehow so it won't spoil and save for summer. Or mix it now with higher protein and then go over to all 20%
