E.A Backyard Farm

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Lion head rabbits ready for release☺️

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Thinking of starting a small farm operation.
You may consider free range backyard chicken (Brown Eggs) as a start.

We provide fertile eggs and chicks. You can also have our table eggs freshly picked everyday!

19/11/2020

Sent by our friend showing his Free Range Chickens Bought from E.A Backyard Farm.

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13/11/2020

How Long Do Chickens Lay Eggs?

Consistent egg production is a sign of happy, healthy hens. Most hens will lay their first egg around 18 weeks of age and then lay an egg almost daily thereafter. In their first year, you can expect up to 250 eggs from high-producing, well-fed backyard chickens. Then, egg counts will naturally decrease each following year with hens entering egg retirement around years six or seven.

There’s nothing like the first egg happy dance. Around 18 weeks of age, you can switch to a complete layer feed and expect your first farm fresh egg. From that moment on, the egg-ticipation is over and nearly every day brings a moment of celebration. But how long do chickens lay eggs? And do egg counts change as laying hens age? We tackle egg goals in this FlockStrong article.

When it comes to laying hens, the best chickens for eggs include: White Leghorn hybrids (white eggs), Plymouth Barred Rocks (brown eggs), Rhode Island Reds (brown eggs), Blue Andalusians (white eggs) or Ameraucanas/Easter Eggers (blue eggs). Dual-purposed breeds like Plymouth Barred Rock, Sussex or Buff Orpingtons will typically also achieve top performance.

Overall, 80 to 90 percent is considered excellent egg production (100 percent = 1 egg per hen per day), but breed, housing, weather, management, parasite load and nutrition can all affect the rate of lay of your hens. Remember, most hens will naturally slow down in the fall and winter unless you add supplemental light for a consistent 16 hours of light per day.

•How long do chickens lay eggs?

Within their first year of life, most laying hens will be at their peak production at about 30 weeks of age. The first eggs will likely be smaller and increase in size over time. As your birds age, egg size will even out, and egg count will gradually drop. At about 2 years old, you can estimate a hen will lay about 80 percent the eggs she did in her first year. So, if your hen lays 250 eggs in her first year, you can estimate she’ll lay about 200 eggs under ideal conditions in her second year.

When your hen is in her third year of laying, you can estimate to have just under 70 percent the production of the first year, and in the fourth year of laying about 60 percent of the first year’s production. See the accompanying graph from the University of Florida to help estimate the number of eggs you can expect from your flock each year.1

Source: https://www.purinamills.com/chicken-feed/education/detail/how-long-do-chickens-lay-eggs-goals-for-laying-hens

Most hens will lay their first egg around 18 weeks of age and then lay an egg almost daily thereafter. Learn more about egg counts and what to expect from laying hens.

12/11/2020

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FYI:

Livestock feed
Azolla has enormous potential as a livestock feed due to:

Its high content in proteins, essential amino acids, vitamins (vitamin A, vitamin B12, Beta Carotene), growth promoter intermediaries and minerals.
Its ability to proliferate without inorganic nitrogen fertilization.
Its high rate of growth in water without the need to displace existing crops or natural ecological systems.
It has been used for many years throughout Asia and parts of Africa to feed pigs, ducks, chickens, cattle, fish, sheep and goats and rabbits.

Green plants have long been recognized as the cheapest and most abundant potential source of proteins because of their ability to synthesize amino acids from a wide range of virtually unlimited and readily available primary materials (Fasuyi & Aletor, 2005)

Azolla is very rich in proteins, essential amino acids, vitamins (vitamin A, vitamin B12, Beta Carotene), growth promoter intermediaries and minerals including calcium, phosphorous, potassium, ferrous, copper, magnesium. On a dry weight basis, Azolla has 25-35% protein content, 10-15% mineral content, and 7-10% comprising a combination of amino acids, bio-active substances and biopolymers (Kamalasanana et al., 2002). Azolla’s carbohydrate and oil content is very low.

CTTO: http://theazollafoundation.org/azollas-uses/as-a-livestock-feed/

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Another breed that’s raised on the farm is the Dekalb brown and it has another function than meat production.

“This particular breed has two purposes: it can be sold for meat and it can also serve as a layer to produce eggs,” Cabrera said.

Dekalb chickens, brown or white, can lay quality medium table-sized eggs. Acquiring a number of this breed can result in a higher egg count, providing more than what’s needed for personal consumption.

https://mb.com.ph/2020/08/21/a-primer-on-free-range-chicken-production-and-management-part-1-breeds-and-housing/

Chickens are the main source of some dinner table essentials such as eggs and meat. To meet the large demand of products, most chicken farms breed their chickens indoors in wire cages or similar conditions to properly manage the layers or broilers.  Another animal husbandry method that’s suitable...

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Our Dekalb Brown breeders







Thinking of starting a small farm operation?
You may consider free range backyard chicken (Brown Eggs) as a start.
We provide fertile eggs and chicks. You can also have our table eggs freshly picked everyday!
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