4/30/2023 0 Comments Egg production accounting![]() Reduced egg production can result from offering too many snacks/treats or from mixing a complete commercial layer feed with anything ( including scratch, cracked corn, oats, dietary supplements). ![]() That formerly nutritionally complete, balanced diet is diluted, preventing the infant from getting growing and developing properly. The effect is essentially the same as a human mother producing breastmilk for an infant and adding water to it. Anything laying hens eat that is not layer feed, including: veggies, fruits, mealworms, table scraps, grubs, and designer goodies, has the effect of diluting the nutrient balance in their feed, which prevents them from performing all the functions necessary to support their immune systems and produce eggs, and re-growing feathers properly. ![]() Backyard chicken keepers are accidentally depriving their flocks of the nutrients they need to be healthy and productive by offering too many dietary extras in addition to their nutritionally complete commercial layer feed. Hens cannot produce eggs if they do not have the nutritional resources necessary to make them. ![]()
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