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Hens must first be old enough to lay eggs. If your hens are still young (under 5 months old) then patience.
If they are older than 3 years old then replace them or get used to having less eggs.
In between the above (approximate) ages then start feeding them a laying MASH specially formulated with extra minerals and protein available at all feed stores.
Check the supplied link below to see how many eggs the breed you have are expected to produce, you may have a breed than does not lay daily.
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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 long does a hen lay fertile eggs for?
Pullets will start to produce fertile eggs when the rooster is permitted to mate with her. Young birds often are not receptive to the rooster until about 8 months or more. While the pullet will lay eggs sooner than that 4 to 6 months old, she will often not allow the roosters advances until older. This will vary from breed to breed.
Do the eggs get larger as the chickens get older?
Size is based on those laid during a hen's prime laying years. Pullets will lay much smaller eggs, and, as hens get older, they will lay increasingly larger eggs. Size of eggs will vary by both variety and individual hen. Perhaps the best example of this is the leghorn, since the commercial white has been developed to lay a very large egg, but most other varieties lay medium sized eggs.
How much eggs do a lionfish lay?
You got that wrong. Lions are viviparous, so the females do not lay eggs.
Do hens stop laying in the winter?
Not sure where you got this information? I have had chickens and they lay eggs pretty much year round. There are only certain things that will stop a hen from laying, with the most prevelent being once she starts to set. Some natural trigger within the hen will stop her egg production once she starts to set on a clutch of eggs. Health and poor nutrition will also slow and possibly stop a hens egg production. I remember going into the coop and pulling eggs that were frozen solid from the cold. Some egg production may be lost due to the change in the amount of daylight, but I assure you hens will continue to lay all year round. So the answer to your question is that they DO lay during the winter.
Do roosters lay on the eggs.?
My rooster sat on the eggs the first time we got him, but he soon stopped and hes job is to fertilize and protect the hens.
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 eggs does a silkie chicken lay each week?
From what I have read it's about 3a week... I own 3 silkies myself but I am not sure of the sex of them. it looks like I have 2 hens and 1 rooster but I have got 8 eggs in the last 6 days...so either I have 3 hens our 2 over producers...
Did the Easter bunny come to the UK?
no cause we got no eggs in our garden
What Pokemon are in eggs?
Mostly wynaut, I never got an Evee before
How long are eggs inside a love bird before she lays them?
It takes up to 15 weeks before she lays her eggs.
How many hens and roosters can you have together?
Collect Eggs Daily and Eat Them Yes, just collect your eggs daily. For the first few days there is no way for you to notice any difference between a fertilized egg and one that is not. Eggs from a flock with or without a rooster are collected daily and refrigerated ensuring the development of the chick never takes place. Eggs sold today in supermarkets are infertile as there are no roosters with the laying hens. Eggs bought from roadside stands, farmers markets and some health food stores can be fertilized since the small flock owner often does own a rooster. Fertile eggs that have not been incubated and stored in cold conditions are indistinguishable from any other egg you might buy. There is no nutritional difference between fertile and infertile eggs but there really is a big difference between the taste of a farm fresh egg and those bought at a large store.
How many chicken eggs equal one turkey egg?
Turkey eggs are larger than chicken eggs. I have seen a turkey egg make an omelet that would be equivalent to two chicken eggs. But the taste is the same, however when the omelet made from the turkey eggs got cold, the color changed from yellow to greenish gray. It was really weird.
SO if all chickens lay on there eggs then why is my hens not doing so I have a egg laying breed I think its called leghorns But ever sense i got them they have craked the eggs and ate it all but one?
Eaither the person who sold them he was telling a lie or you should give them layers pellets .
Are you sure eggs from a carton can't hatch?
No. First of all, the eggs you buy at the supermarket are unfertilized. They have never been fertilized by a male chicken (a rooster) and thus cannot grow into baby chickens, any more than a woman's egg cell can grow into a baby without a man's sperm. Even if they were fertilized, they have been stored at very cold temperatures, so by the time you got them, the chicken embryos would be long dead.
Why does female betta has eggs while their not married?
Your betta fish may have been impregnated before you got her.
Where does the phrase ham and eggs come from?
Etymology: from the old days when miners held boxing matches; the winner got money, the loser got a ham and egg meal
