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Posted by: jake
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I have a small flock of chickens (15) for eggs (my daughters won't let me kill them), and I was wondering... How many egg should they produce a day?

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With good lighting and proper diet, 1 per day is what you should expect.
Oct 29, 2009
1 egg per day in the summer
1 egg every other day in the winter
Oct 28, 2009
A hen's reproductive cycle generally lasts twenty-four hours during the summer months. Her cycle is set by day length. As the days shorten, and winter approaches, a hen will lay fewer eggs, skipping some days. Some hens stop laying eggs all together until the spring arrives. The reason behind this is that winter is a bad time to raise chicks. The cold weather decreases a chicks chance of survival

During fertile times chickens will lay 1 per day unless they accumulate to three or four then then will stop laying them
Oct 24, 2009
5-8
Oct 24, 2009
It depends on the breed of the chicken, its age, the temperature, the amount of sunlight, and probably things like the earth's magnetic field and the alignment of Venus and Mars.

But, out of 15 chickens you'll probably get 12 eggs a day http://www.byexample.com/homestead/livestock/egg_laying_chickens.html
Oct 23, 2009
the average hen produces one egg per day. they are a lot of work and if you don't plan on eating them, you have to keep them because you love them.

the upkeep and food is more than the price of a dozen eggs.
Oct 23, 2009
I think one a day.
Hope this really helps.
:)
Oct 23, 2009
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