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[sdm111]

Well like I said previously I never expected her to lay. I'm just shocked she's giving me so many eggs. She laid two today. I'm not pushing anything she's just doing it on her own. No extra lighting or anything just the sun.

I wouldn't really analyse it too much just let her do her thing and see how she does.

 

[kdolly87]

I wouldn't really analyse it too much just let her do her thing and see how she does.

Yeah I was just curious really but apparently now I'm forcing her to lay lol.

 

[centrarchid]

Pushing is by not allowing hen to go through natural sequence of broody cycles where bouts of laying are separated by 8 weeks or more. The extended interval allows more time for recouping nutrients such as calcium and fat soluble vitamins that are invested in eggs faster than taken in via diet. Laying breeds are bred to take in nutrient faster and do not have complications provided by physiological changes of broodiness.


The 2 eggs in one day may be a function of how you measure it. Hens I have withed with time lapse can producer eggs with intervals of 23 hours. Doing math you will find such will eventually result in a hen having to lay when otherwise on the roost. They do not. Rather correction made by holding an egg overnight making for an interval pushing 36 hours. Two eggs during the same stretch of daylight may be from missing one in nest the evening before.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Yeah I was just curious really but apparently now I'm forcing her to lay lol.

A whip will make them lay more often. I only use it when I have to though lol

 

[roosterhavoc]

I got a double yolker from a miner today and just finished eating it

 

[roosterhavoc]

Got to turn the light out on the first set that went outside they about 3 or so weeks old. This one from the latest batch one white and one dark blue wing

whats your temps like at night?

 

[roosterhavoc]

no not going away on "vacation"

Ha didn't mean the big house. Lol

 

[Kung Fu Rooster]

I really like the top and bottom pic. Very nice!

 

[kdolly87]

Pushing is by not allowing hen to go through natural sequence of broody cycles where bouts of laying are separated by 8 weeks or more. The extended interval allows more time for recouping nutrients such as calcium and fat soluble vitamins that are invested in eggs faster than taken in via diet. Laying breeds are bred to take in nutrient faster and do not have complications provided by physiological changes of broodiness.


The 2 eggs in one day may be a function of how you measure it. Hens I have withed with time lapse can producer eggs with intervals of 23 hours. Doing math you will find such will eventually result in a hen having to lay when otherwise on the roost. They do not. Rather correction made by holding an egg overnight making for an interval pushing 36 hours. Two eggs during the same stretch of daylight may be from missing one in nest the evening before.

She's pretty much doing her own thing. She's free to do as she likes. Stay in her coop or run around outside and free range. But I do appreciate the info. I didn't know they held eggs over night! It's a big learning process as I'm growing my hens and chicks. I love my flock with all my heart. If they lay or don't lay I just see the eggs as a bonus (and that's how I talked my husband into it lol!) I do have hens meant for producing eggs in my flock as well. They aren't laying age yet but their time will come

 

[sdm111]

I got a double yolker from a miner today and just finished eating it

today I ate 60.00 worth at dinner