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A good healthy layer should start laying about age 5/6 months and continue to lay past it's 2nd year. Production often slows after the hen reaches about two years old but they can still lay a few times a week up to 3 years old. After that you will be running a retirement home for chickens unless you use them as brood hens which they will continue to do for many years.
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How long does it take a hen to lay 19 dozen eggs?
If the hen lays one egg per day it would take 1 year.
Why is a shell not forming around a hen's egg?
You might need to supplement your chickens with oyster shell. I have one chicken I keep separate from the others I have to supplement because I give her treats. she needs the shell to help digest and to form the shell on egg.
How many minutes does a hen take to lay an egg?
I presume it is between 1-2 minutes, but the whole birth time depends on how many eggs the hen actually lays. If the hen lays 6 eggs, the births altogether might take something like 6-8 minutes.
Who lays the egg The chicken or the hen?
The hen lays the egg. The term "hen" refers to a female chicken, and it is the female that is responsible for laying eggs.
How many days does it take for a hen to lay her egg?
Each egg take 26 hours to develop in the hens body before it is laid.
How long will it take a baby hen chick to lay their 1st egg?
about a year for sure
How long does it take a hen to lay and egg?
it takes one whole second. hvguyvg
How long does it take for a chickens egg to be ready to eat?
You should wait until after is leaves the hen. After the egg is laid eat it.
How does a hen form an egg?
a chickin and rooster
How long does it take a hen to produce another egg after it just had one?
1 day. I guess
How long does it take a hen to lay 19 dozen eggs?
If the hen lays one egg per day it would take 1 year.
How long does the egg stay in the hen?
17 days for an egg to hatch out
How long does it take to get the egg out of the hen after it gets there?
Fertilized or unfertilized, eggs form in a chicken (hen) over a period of about 25 hours, most of the time being spent in the lower part of the ovary called the Shell Gland (comparable to a mammalian uterus).
What happens to the embryo when the hen lays the egg?
When a hen lays a fertilized egg, there is no embryo inside. Embryo's only start to form once they are incubated.
Which one is older a 'hen ' or an 'egg'?
A hen is older than an egg. *A hen comes from an egg. Either a hen or an egg can be older than one another.
How Long Does it take After the hen lay and hatched one chick how much longer does it take for her to hatched the other?
It depends on how long after the first egg she laid the second but the second egg should hatch within 24 hours of the first.
How do you get hen?
we get a hen in a egg
