What do hens eat to make them lay eggs easily

For farmers, especially those who raise chickens, the most important thing is to increase the egg production of hens, so as to create higher economic benefits and earn more money. During the egg-laying process of hens, in addition to paying attention to the hens' enclosure environment, such as: the chicken coop is spacious and kept dry, etc., the hens also need to be fed nutritionally comprehensive food so that they can lay more eggs. This article will briefly introduce what hens should eat to make them lay eggs more easily.

What does a hen eat to make it easier to lay eggs?

1. Add feather meal. Adding 3%-5% feather meal to the feed can reduce chicken fat, increase lean meat, and increase egg production by about 20%.

2. Feeding gypsum powder method. Feeding chickens about 0.5-3 grams of gypsum powder every day can accelerate the molting of chickens that are molting and resume egg laying earlier; for chickens that are laying eggs, it can increase the egg production rate by more than 12%.

3. Zinc addition method. During the molting period of hens, add 2% zinc (such as zinc sulfate) to the feed every day for 7 consecutive days. The egg production rate will increase by 5% after 1 week, and by 10% after 2 weeks.

4. Feed maggots. Adding 10% fly maggots to the feed and feeding it twice a day, morning and evening, can increase the egg production rate by about 20%.

5. Feed healthy pig blood or placenta. Adding 15% healthy pig blood or pig placenta to the feed can increase the egg production rate of chickens by 20-50%.

6. Feed small fish. Adding 20% ​​of small fish to the feed can increase the egg production rate of chickens by about 25%.

7. Feed green vegetables. Adding 10% green vegetables to the feed can increase the egg production rate of chickens by about 10%.

8. Feeding sprouted feed method. In winter and spring, when green feed is scarce, regularly feeding chickens with sprouted feed can help hens lay more eggs. According to experiments, feeding chickens with sprouted feed in winter can increase egg production by 10%-20%.

How to improve the egg production rate of hens

1. Hunger method. Within one month before the laying period of the hens, gradually reduce the feeding amount to less than 20% of the normal food intake in the first week, and feed mainly water. After one month, gradually increase the feed to the normal food intake of laying hens within one week, and the egg production can be increased by about 30%.

2. Wing clipping method. At the second joint outside the wings, use conventional surgical operation to cut off the outer end of the wing, bandage it, disinfect it and reduce inflammation, strengthen management and prevent the chickens from infection. This can increase the average weight of the chickens by 5-8% and the egg production by 8-20%. However, this method requires certain knowledge of veterinary surgery to prevent infection due to inadequate techniques.

3. Soil material method. Adding 3-5% bentonite to the diet of laying hens can increase feed intake and egg production, while adding 3% bentonite to the diet of broilers can increase the weight gain rate by an average of 15%.

4. Add vitamin C. Adding 50 grams of vitamin C per ton of laying hen feed can increase egg production by 11%.

5. Cold drink method. Giving chickens cold water to drink during hot seasons can increase their food intake and improve egg production by about 12%.

6. Seduction method. Feeding laying hens with colorful troughs can stimulate their appetite and increase egg production by about 10%.

7. Add feather powder. Adding 35% feather meal to the feed to replace part of the protein and energy raw materials can increase the lean meat rate of broilers and increase egg production by about 20%.

8. Chiaroscuro. Exposing the hens to light for 2 hours and darkness for 6 hours, and repeating this process, will help them lay eggs evenly and in large sizes.

9. Aromatherapy method. Evenly adding 10% of aromatic plants, such as onions, garlic, ginger, leeks, celery, etc., to the feed during the laying period can increase the egg production rate of chickens by 10%.

10. Feeding rapeseed cake method. Adding 7% boiled and detoxified rapeseed cake to laying hens' feed can increase egg production by 10-15%.