Can we talk about hitting 500 eggs in a month from just 8 hens?

I mean, I've had my little flock for about two years now, but this past March they just went nuts. My spreadsheet says we collected 512 eggs. I always thought the 'one egg per hen per day' thing was kind of a best-case myth, you know? Part of me thinks it's just a crazy fluke and maybe the weather was perfect. But the other part wonders if switching their feed to that local mill's mix six months ago actually made this big a difference. Has anyone else seen a sudden jump like that, or did I just get really lucky?

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val74120d ago

Yeah, my buddy Dave had something like that happen. His six hens suddenly gave him over 300 eggs one month after he started adding their kitchen scraps, like old lettuce and melon rinds, to their usual pellets. He swore it was like flipping a switch. They just got super consistent, almost no days off. It only lasted that one peak season, but it was wild to see.

maryh9623d ago

Honestly, that number seems off to me... I've kept hens for years and hitting over 500 from eight in a month just doesn't add up. Even with perfect conditions, that's averaging like two eggs per hen every single day. I'd double-check your count or your math. Maybe a neighbor's hen is sneaking into your coop? I've seen that happen before.

logan_owens1423d ago

That's insane production! My girls went on a similar tear last spring after a feed switch. It wasn't quite that high, but it definitely wasn't a fluke.