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Most hens prefer a quiet dark area to lay their eggs. Free range hens will often return to the roost to lay an egg. They will sometimes seek out any available hay stack. If nesting boxes are provided when the hens are young they will usually go anywhere you put the boxes.
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If two hens lay two eggs in two days how many eggs will ten hens lay in ten days?
Chickens lay one egg every 28 hours (on average), so to get an average of two eggs per day you would need two hens. However, if you want to be assured of at least two eggs a day, you should probably have three hens. Also, when hens go through a molt and swap out their feathers, they stop laying eggs until their feathers have grown back in.
Will two different hens lay their eggs in the same place?
Most hens have a preference as to where they lay their eggs. If a broody hen takes over the communal nest then the other hens will find a new spot to lay. It is always a good idea in a small flock to provide alternate nesting boxes just for this reason. When one hen goes broody, the other hens do not go off laying. If you are missing eggs, it is quite likely that the brood hen is taking what she can find to her own clutch.
How do you encourage your hens to roost?
When you have a roost built for them you can put them in there with food and water and lock them up for 24 hours. This will train them to go to this spot every day at sundown.
My hens will sit the eggs all day but not at night why?
Hens typically only sit on their eggs during the day when they are most active and alert. At night, they prefer to roost and sleep to conserve energy. It is a natural behavior for hens to incubate their eggs during the day and rest at night.
How do you collect chicken eggs Do you just go out into the barn during the day and root around under the sawdust and feel for an egg or is there some special timing or detail to the routine?
The Hens don't bury the eggs, when you go out to where they are laying you will see them on the straw or whatever bedding they have. Hens usually try to lay in a dark sheltered space. If they are kept in a coop they lay the eggs there. Most farms with chickens provide "nesting boxes" so they do not have to hunt the eggs down everyday. Most chickens are not on a schedule and will lay through out the day. Personally, I check for eggs just prior to lunch and just before putting the hens away for the night.
Does chicken lay eggs without rooster?
NoAnd it's called "Laying" not "Laying on"Cockerels don't lay eggs, so improve your question by saying "Is there a breed of hen that does not lay eggs.I think he/she was asking if there is a breed of chicken that doesn't go broody, and the answer to that is yes alot of chickens have been bred not to go broody (ex.leghorn)
How many eggs does a hen lay when she is sitting?
An individual hen will go"broody" and will gather a clutch of eggs to brood. These will not always be her own eggs. She will steal them from other hens by rolling them into the nest she has chosen. Unless the hen is broody she will lay her egg and leave the nest announcing loudly to the rest of the flock what she has accomplished. Hens can go broody whether there is a rooster in the flock or not, so no, not just fertile eggs trigger the brooding instinct.
Do hens lay eggs in the fall?
Yes. Hens will lay all year. Production may drop as the hours of natural light reduce however if you keep the lights in the chicken coop on for the required 14hrs per day your hens will continue to lay eggs with the same regularity as during the summer. My free range hens go out even in the snow, when the natural light only lasts for 9 hours I set a timer to keep the coop well lit for the extra 5hrs needed. Yes. Hens will lay all year. Production may drop as the hours of natural light reduce however if you keep the lights in the chicken coop on for the required 14hrs per day your hens will continue to lay eggs with the same regularity as during the summer. My free range hens go out even in the snow, when the natural light only lasts for 9 hours I set a timer to keep the coop well lit for the extra 5hrs needed.
Are caged eggs healthier than normal eggs?
NO.They are less healthy than normal eggs.In a factory environment, 4 or more hens are shoved into a cage that isn't even as large as a newspaper. They poop directly onto the floor, upon which they lay their eggs. Many hens die from stress or getting caught in the wires of the cage - they are left to rot inside the cage with the other hens and the eggs they lay. The factory is rarely, if ever, cleaned - usually, the bodies are not even removed before they start to decompose. The hens are fed nutritionally deficient food, as the hens loose their feathers from stress, this food does NOT supply enough protein for the birds. And above it all, the hens that lay the eggs (and the eggs themselves) are exposed to pesticides.In a natural farm environment, the hens have room to walk - they have a house or shed, and some place to go outside, where they can be a chicken. The facilities are MUCH cleaner than factories. They have laying boxes to go and lay in, away from the feces and any possible casualties. Eggs are hand gathered, and hand washed. The birds are ten times less stressed, therefore lay better quality eggs (that taste better too!) They are fed and adaquate diet most usually, and many farmers allow the hens to freerange, which makes the eggs extremely tasty and healthy (gets the birds away from processed feed!).
How long will hens produce eggs?
3 years of really good eggs then they start to go down hill but i read on the net some where they can lay till they ar 7 not 100% shur on that tho
Are Brahma chickens good layers?
They will lay a bit but eggs are quite small. I will go with production reds or americana chickens for some great egg laying hens.
A rooster lays an egg at the very top of a slanted roof Which side is the egg going to roll off on?
Um, roosters don't lay eggs, the hens do! (Nice one!!) I disagree .. The question clearly states that a rooster had laid an egg ... The fact that a Rooster has laid an egg is irrelevant. Clearly the egg will go nowhere because it is balanced perfectly on the tip of the point! Errrrr..... If you look in joke books, it says: It didn't roll because roosters don't lay eggs! I know that because my nephew loves joke books and he sent me one for Christmas last year. Yeah, great joke!
