Chapter 15
Managing Layers and Collecting Eggs
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding your hens and their life cycles
Managing hens for egg production
Collecting and inspecting eggs
Knowing how to handle egg production problems
Getting hens to lay well and keeping them laying takes a little more care than many people think, but something about producing some of their own food makes many people want to try. In this chapter, we discuss how to manage laying hens — whether you have two hens or many. We also address problems you may encounter with your layers.
Our focus is on producing eggs to eat rather than incubating them to produce more chicks. However, if you’re trying to get a certain breed of chicken to reproduce, you may also want to read this chapter. Getting hens to produce eggs for hatching and getting them to produce eggs for eating have many similarities. Here we discuss hen management and problems you may encounter with egg laying — and the only thing breeders of eggs for hatching need to do differently is add a rooster!
Knowing What to Expect from Your Hens
How many hens you ...
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