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Do hens need grass to lay eggs?
Hens do not need grass to lay eggs if their food contains all the nutrients they need, but they do enjoy eating it!
Do hens need a nest to lay eggs?
No, they will lay anywhere if there is no other choice - the eggs have to come out.
Do you need a rooster to produce eggs?
NO, hens lay eggs without roosters at all. The only thing roosters do for eggs, is fertilize them (Threw Mating) so that a chick can hatch.
How many hens to get 1000 eggs a day?
One hen lays one egg a day, so if you want 1,000 eggs in one day you would need 1,000 hens.
In Animal Farm how do the hens rebel?
The hens are told that they need to give up all of the eggs that they lay. Despite the fact that they were warned about it. They flew up into the rafters, and dropped their eggs up their, therefore, destroying them.
Do hens have to mate to lay eggs?
No. You do not need a Rooster ( no such thing as a male chicken) to get a chicken to lay eggs. Eggs are produced based on daylight paterns. The rooseter is only needed if you want to fertilize the eggs.
What do you mean by unfertilised eggs?
Eggs are fertilized by a rooster, hens do not need a rooster to produce an egg, they will do this with or without mating. Eggs available at the grocery store are produced by hens that never have contact with a male bird. Fresh eggs bought from a farm or roadside stand are likely to have been fertilized since most farms keep a rooster both to protect the hens and to renew stock as the hens age out each year..
Do hen lay unfertilised egg?
No hens do not lay unfertilised eggs as fertilisation in hens is internal. But when she lays eggs the zygote is very small in liquid form,so hen sits on egg in order to provide it full warmth and when chick develops after 3 weeks the egg shell burst opens.
Do pheasant need to be mated with to lay eggs?
Yes. Any Animal Needs To Be Mated with, to either give birth or lay eggs.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Improvement: other then the chicken which doesn't need a male to lay eggs
Why do chickens need daylight for eggs?
They don't. Some hens will lay at night, some in the daytime.
How can you tell which chicken is eating eggs and how can you stop them?
The only surefire way is to set up a camera/camcorder and look on them to see what hen may be eating eggs. Usually, hens eat eggs because they do not get enough protein. You can feed them COOKED eggs to try and prevent this problem. If the hens are laying soft-shelled eggs, they need more calcium and minerals in their diet. Try an oyster shell supplement in their feed, or another supplemented recommended to strengthen egg shells. Presented with a soft-shelled egg, some hens who would never think to crack a normal egg do what comes naturally. If all else fails, the classic way to deal with an egg-eater is harsh but effective: turn them into your dinner instead.
Do you need a rooster for hens to lay?
No. Chickens will lay perfectly good eggs without a rooster. In fact, many people prefer not to keep a rooster, because they don't want to find a fertilized egg that was a little too far along.
