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4 Things to Feed to Your Chickens So They Lay Eggs Year Round

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4 Things to Feed to Your Chickens So They Lay Eggs Year RoundContrary to popular belief, chickens can lay eggs year-round. Some people say the heat of the summer, the short days of winter, or old age will stop chickens from producing eggs. Those things do have an effect, but even so, chickens will keep producing eggs all year and for years to come as long as you do two things: Keep them healthy and keep them happy. And one way to do that is to feed them the right foods.

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So what exactly should you feed them? That question is answered in this video by Becky of Becky’s Homestead. She’s been raising chickens for years and has found the perfect combinate of foods to feed to her chickens.

Here are her suggestions:

  1. Laying mash
  2. Oats
  3. Bread
  4. Whole corn

Of course, there’s a little more to it than that, so be sure to watch the video to hear her advice on what times of the year to feed them these foods.

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  1. runnamuck says

    October 14, 2018 at 1:08 am

    I feed my chickens cracked corn and lay crumbles year round and thay lay year round some are 5 years old

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    • joy hammerschmidt says

      April 22, 2019 at 7:54 pm

      what breed of chickens^?

      Reply
  2. runnamuck says

    October 14, 2018 at 1:10 am

    I would like to know how you know whole corn has more nutrition than cracked corn e z to digest same thing

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    • Jennifer says

      September 21, 2020 at 12:44 pm

      Mine will not lay in the summer.

      I would like to know how this works?

      Reply
  3. Greg says

    April 1, 2019 at 11:38 am

    Dad would feed them crushed red pepper in the winter mixed with their cracked corn, and we would hang dried red sumac tops from the rafters for them. I’m not sure what it did for them biologically, but we had eggs year round. Yes, I’m talking about the sumac that grows along the roads. We knew a guy that delivered frozen pizza kits, when he had out if date ones it was usually the crust that went out. The Chickens got the crust and we got the sauce cheese and pepperoni for homemade pizza bread. They loved the old crusts.

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  4. Becky says

    April 20, 2019 at 5:18 pm

    Some of my hens have been laying smaller eggs for a while- do you know why and what I can do about it. Everyone is fed the same. Corn and laying pellets.

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  5. Carrie says

    April 20, 2019 at 9:11 pm

    For your recipe, how many birds does this feed?

    How many years do your birds usually lay daily or most days? Or when do you cull the birds?

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  6. Soledad Patti Chavez says

    May 18, 2019 at 3:57 pm

    My comment is ,I have done just what you say how to feed your chickens and Wow I have eggs every single day.i am so happy to have followed your instructions.thank you so very much

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    • Heidi says

      May 19, 2019 at 9:03 am

      Glad you found it helpful!

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  7. Phyllis McDaniel-Cook says

    July 2, 2020 at 12:45 pm

    I have looked for the laying mash to my dismay I can not find anywhere. Can you help?

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  8. Kim says

    August 21, 2020 at 6:15 pm

    Where do you get whole corn and laying mash

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    • frank says

      September 29, 2020 at 3:40 pm

      feed store

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