Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Pete Vukovich <pvukovic1@yahoo.com>]

Sort of depends on the breed, and the chicken, less light is supposed to make them lay less often in general. Calcium supplements help keep the shells thick which makes them last longer, we found if they layed under shady brush most of the eggs were good for a week even in 70 or 80 degree weather as long as they got a good amount of calcium during laying season.



--- On Tue, 1/18/11, Emery Mitchamore <emitch@att.net> wrote:

From: Emery Mitchamore <emitch@att.net>
Subject: [Livingontheland] Egg Production
To: "Austinperm" <austinperm@yahoogroups.com>, "Living on the Land" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 4:32 AM

In my first year with chickens, I've observed a serious variation in seasonal egg production.  Peak production was one egg per chicken per day.  Minimum was none for a few days.  Assuming that this is normal, I'd like some input on how to smooth egg availability.  How, other than refrigeration, does one preserve/store excess eggs?  Are there ways to manage a flock that enhances or delays egg production?

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.net



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