20 Best Laying Hens For Eggs (2023 Updated)

Gail Damerow is an expert on chickens. I had read that statement in my research on what books to get on chickens. My daughter-in-law raises chickens. My son mentioned to her that I was researching books on chickens, For Mother’s Day, my daughter-in-law got me “The Chicken Encyclopedia” by Gail Demarow.

In my conversation with my daughter-in-law thanking her for the book, I mentioned I had read Gail was an expert on chickens and my daughter-in-law said she met Gail at a seminar she went to and Gail is indeed an expert on chickens.

This book will definitely be my go-to book when I get my chickens. I highly recommend the book!.

Awesome. I had an older version of this book and this new book makes the old one look like crap. New book has all you need to know about Chickens and more. Storey prints the best animal books. I have his other books also.

The book is full of great information to help successfully raise and maintain your flock. This should be the only book you will need.

Would HIGHLY recommend this fantastic sized plush, beautiful high quality fur! soft to the touch and extremely well put together with an excellent form!! very high quality feel from nose to tail. I am so glad i bought this cute little fella.

Not too small yet not too big, perfect sized plush!! fits a regular sized dog collar perfectly. This plush is ought to be your very best-friend from children to adults alike! a MUST have for any and every plush collector, will likely be your favourite plush hands down.

Dont sleep on this! 100% best plush ive gotten in a long while, a must have forsure!.

A bit disappointed – owl is small, 7 or 8 inches (which I knew from reading the other reviews). The disappointment came from what the owl looks like. It’s ok, but definitely not as cute as the one shown.

The detail on the chest of the owl is different and looks cheap, and the face is also not as cute. On the bright side, it’s very soft and I think my kid would like it (he mostly cares about textures anyway).

I’m still trying to decide if to keep it or return it.

Shreya is a beautiful dragon! Her photo truly doesn’t due her justice. She’s so soft and cuddly as well! Her pink and silver markings are just striking! She’s very dearly loved in her new home! Her long eyelashes are the icing on the cake! Douglas makes very durable and high quality products, so Shreya can stand up to a lifetime of hugs and play.

If you have a dragon lover in your life of any age, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you ‘adopt ‘ Shreya, the gorgeous pink dragon for them ( or yourself) today! You won’t be disappointed!.

My daughter raises chickens and ducks so I got this for her as a birthday present. She loves all the information it contains and it is easy to reference. Great book for any poultry raiser!

everything about poultry with great pictures. very Informative,

These are great pellets to mix with Naturewise’s feather fixer pellets. Our hens never had issues eating these pellets: even our smallest hen. These pellets are top quality, and they help keep my flock healthy and strong! Additionally, they seem to aid in our flocks’ ability to consistently lay deliciously nutritious eggs.

Our girls are free range all day, and these pellets seem to be a perfect well balanced and nutritious diet for them. Our hens have a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits. They get a high quality game bird scratch, and we will often add chia seeds too.

Our girls eat dried BSFL (black solider fly larva) daily too; so, they have a wide variety of healthy nutrients to help keep them in optimal health. Overall, I’ve observed the quality and benefits of these pellets since incorporating them into our hens’ diet a year ago when they transitioned from their starter grower crumble to layer pellets.

Last of all, it is APPROVED by ALL 10 of our hens!!! No problems ever!.

I bought this feed after feeding my girls an organic no soy no corn feed for a year and being disappointed with thin shells. I know this isn’t organic, but the fact that the protein comes from black fly larvae and not soy, coupled with the well-known oyster strong ingredients, convinced me that I could cut back on scratch grain treats (corn) and feel comfortable with this choice.

My girls love this feed, their egg shells are strong, and the eggs even taste better! We’ve been feeding this feed for about 6 months now, and couldn’t be happier.

I have been a long time customer of Purina, from feeding our childhood dog Dog Chow to having multiple dogs and cats as an adult. Most recently one of our huskies was diagnosed with diabetes, so we now feed her ProPlan Prescription EN Gastroenteric Fiber Balance (which she will actually eat without doctoring it up) since she wouldn’t eat the other prescription brand food.

That said, last year was my first year with raising/keeping chickens as a hobby. For me, the natural choice for chick feed was the Purina brand, since they have been a trusted source of food for my dogs and cats, so I started my chicks off with Purina Start and Grow.

As chicks, they really liked it but I was becoming less of a fan with using crumble because it would be almost a powder towards the bottom of the bag. When the time came to switch to a layer feed, I opted for the Layena Plus pellets with Omega-3.

I was a little worried at first because I read that making the switch from crumble to pellets can sometimes be a challenge, but my girls took to the Layena Plus pellets right away! Their eggs are always of excellent quality and taste great, have strong shells, and I like the added benefit of the Omega-3 in the eggs.

My only complaint is sometimes the local farm supply store is out of stock (not Purina’s fault!). I will continue to use the Layena Plus with Omega-3. When molting season starts, I am going to try the Flock Raiser, as I have also read that this can help with new feather growth.

I have recommended Purina feed and will continue to do so. Thanks, Purina!!!.

I have a male and a female duck. My girl lays eggs in her pet stroller. lol I was having to keep one egg in there all day so she would continue to lay in the same spot. This did the trick, so now I can use them all or put them right in the fridge.

She didn’t notice a difference(that I could tell) they are lighter weight and rough feeling, hers are heavier and smooth.

I am going to be ordering another set. Which is fine I needed 3 anyway. I bought them to train the hens where to lay their eggs. My only problem was one got dropped on a cement floor and broke. After seeing how thick they are I am surprised it broke.

My hens made every day an Easter egg hunt. And also liked to snack on the eggs we could find. Thankful for these! They now lay in their boxes and they haven’t (so far) eaten their eggs! I did see a hen pecking at one last night and she was getting upset it wouldn’t crack.

Don’t worry, they get oyster shells and the shells of the eggs we eat. They just like raw eggs And leave the shell.

I bought this when my girls didn’t like the new crumble version of a small company brand they were on as it was the only one I’d found that uses BSFL as the protein source. Can’t STAND the “fishy” smell/taste when fish meal is used.

They actually PREFERRED this to the other more expensive brand HOWEVER, it’s not a savings at all when I am now having to actually sift the food as I transfer to a bucket to fill their feeders from each am.

Think that was even a smaller bag as that was all that was available at the store when hubby went to get more. It was literally a new bag and small enough that it shouldn’t have been tossed around and crushed but looking at the food in the window ALL I saw was complete DUST.

I have two full buckets from only sifting towards the end of the last bag plus this one. It’s to the point I’m keeping to see if there is SOME way I can utilize it but otherwise, gotta say the girls LOVE the food even though I have been adding sunflower hearts and flax seeds along with other supplements to get them thru their first full molt season.

Happy Chickens!!.

The only feed my girls get! I tried to find a feed that wasn’t full of fillers, and this is it. You know that dust you get when you get to the bottom of the bag? This feed doesn’t do that, because it’s good quality!! My girls’ yolks are a deep orange and the shells are pretty consistent.

It was important to me that the feed was not grown with pesticides. These pellets healthy and the chickens wanted to eat them. If the chickens won’t eat the pellets, I don’t buy them again. My chickens are pasture raised during the day.

So they find most of their own food.

I started using these for my Racing Pigeon (Breeders) this year and they are the best pellet I have ever used. Droppings are excellent (for pellets) and the youngsters are in outstanding health and condition upon weaning.

I previously used to use Purina Nutrablend Green Pellets for pigeons and those are good as well (but I still prefer these). The Nutrablend had become difficult to find/order locally this year and so I needed to switch.

The two alternatives I tried both produced terrible droppings with the birds. I figured removing the Soy from the pellet would help and sure enough it did. Without the soy the droppings are firm and overall these pellets have a better ingredients list than typical pellets.

My pullets are just starting to lay, but for the past few weeks I’ve been dismayed at how many small feathers I was raking up every morning. They even floated to the bathroom adjacent, and there was always a lot of feather-sheath dandruff on my patio chairs where they nap.

I had raised them on an organic, soy free starter/grower, but in the last few weeks I fed an organic feed with soy. Then I switched to Nutrena Hearty Hen Layer Feed, and I am seeing a 95% reduction in feather shedding! My daughter remarked how beautiful my girls looked and I just said, “Oh, well, that’s because they’re young!” But the remarkable change in their feather loss and the healthy shine is amazing, so I can only attribute it to this wonderful feed! Because of the botanicals and essential oils, it also smells lovely.

The girls were a little askance at first, but now they are gobbling every pellet (less waste, too!), and looking fine because of it!.

Bought this feed because I was having a problem with eggshell quality on our previous feed. Hearty hen has definitely improved my hens eggshell quality. No more soft sided cracked eggs in the nest! My girls recently started molting and I’ll be trying the feather fixer formula to see if that helps them through better.

The only thing I’d change is that Nutrena could come up with an organic version of this feed for people who prefer to feed their hens organically!.

We have been purchasing this exact product for quite a while. We love it and our chickens love it! I purchased a bag at Tractor Supply last night. It was late and already dark outside, but I needed to get it down to the coop and into the metal trashcan we store it in.

I opened the bag in the dark and immediately knew something was different before I could even see it. It smelled very odd. So I turned on my flashlight and the feed was way darker than normal. Hoping this is just a “bad batch” but looks like another customer that left a review also had the same issue.

If this is a new formula, we will be looking at purchasing a different brand.

I started off with Demur, my chickens didn’t seem healthy or active, their feathers were dull, their combs and waddles were pale too. I switch to Purina Layena and after a week i noticed a difference in their energy level and their feathers were starting to look healthy.

After a month my chickens combs and waddles are a beautiful healthy looking red, they run around like chickens should, their feathers are shiny and healthy looking and they started laying eggs! So when i bought some baby chicks i got the medicated Purina chick feed.

I bought extra chickens because everyone said i should buy extra because i will loose some. Well i haven’t lost one chick and i’m on my third batch of babies. The other ones have grown into very healthy and beautiful 5 month old hens who i switched to all Flock until they start laying.

I highly recommend any of the Purina chicken feeds! Thank you for making such great feed for all stages of my chickens life!.

First, I will write that I free range my hens and it has been terribly hot here. I bought this configuration hoping to pique the girls’ interest. The first feeding was not taken well and now they barely peck at it.

Some of the “pearls” did not separate properly in processing, leaving several stuck together and not easily broken apart. I am making a cold mash of it for the hot afternoons “doctored up” with blueberries, raw egg and crushed egg shells.

This they will eat better. I will be going back to crumbles.

I had been looking up chicken stuff on the internet constantly but I just wanted to be able to learn stuff as I sat on my couch and these Book for Dummies are great. I have them for about 5 different things.

Great learning took without being boring.

A simple down to earth approach with easy to follow terms and explanations for the lay man. Informative for beginners and novices. I bought this book to learn more about chicken keeping, housing, and care and maintenance of them.

I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interset in chicken keeping as a hobby or who just has a couple of chooks as pets or for eggs or meat. I buy monthly publications of chicken magazines of which I have learnt alot, and am still learning but I should have bought this book years ago.

I always heard the dummies books were very good, and everyone was right. I already have a flock but need more accurate info than what I remember as a child or have been told by others. The book was very good in spelling out everything I needed in a simple way.

I think it could have used more pictures, or maybe drawings. To give a better reference point on some items. But, overall a great book and worth every penny.

Wanted to get some extra info re keeping chucks in our garden and this book ticks all the boxes. It’s written in a chatty style and I found it easy reading and informative. Ideal book for the beginners and, like me, someone who hasn’t kept chucks for years and needed a recap.

It gives info regarding all aspects of keeping chucks healthy and happy. The section regarding different breeds is also very good, giving details of egg production, temperament and other pros and cons so you can select the ideal chucks for you, your family, your garden and climate.

Happy days.

Bought this to get some hints and tips as we were about to enter the world of chicken keeping. It’s great for just that, gives simple sound advice on coops, areas, food, water etc. Certainly everything you need if you are a novice.

The rest of the book goes into detail about the common breeds to help you choose your chicken, not really relevant to me as I’m going for hybrids. Great book for those either entering the hobby or the novice already in it.

A well put together, informative, delightful book. The cover sold it to me, a great picture of a beautiful bird, perfect and colourful. Some chickens I wanted information on were not included, so I was forced to buy another chicken book!.

They’re plastic eggs. Good for tricking chickens.

Ras.

TranslateShow in original languagebueno, intenté abrirlos para rellenarlos con arena de playa, y que fuesen más pesados, pero no lo conseguí. de todas formas es un plastico duro, y no creo que lo puedan romper.

a ver si así mis gallinas saben dónde hay que poner el huevo.

I purchased this red bag of Oyster Strong with flaxseed by accident. I normally get the blue bag, without flaxseed, for Omegas. Happy that I did though. Because I normally have to give my hens some egg maker, for Omegas.

Now I don’t have to. It’s all in this layer feed. The girls attacked it, like they’ve always eaten it. They are laying regular, (even during a cold Winter). Plus the quality of their eggs is amazing! Nice strong shells, and bright yummy yolks! Healthy & happy flock! Thanks! TS 🙂 Recommend!.

Seems to be a high quality feed, but with my hens, legbar and legbar crosses, it gave their eggs a fishy taste. So much so that I had to throw 2-3 weeks worth of eggs out. They were so bad tasting that we simply couldn’t eat them.

A week after switching feed, they’re back to normal. Try it my all means, but if your eggs start tasting or smelling “off” it’s most likely their feed.

We just got this feed a couple days ago and I was excited to immediately see what our 7 laying hens think of it. I took it out back by our barn shed and before I could even open the bag, our chickens had surrounded the bag and were checking it out.

There’s no fooling these hens. they KNOW a feed bag when they see one! So they were going crazy, waiting for me to open it up. As soon as I got the feed bag open and stuck my feed scoop in, my chickens were literally losing their minds! I tossed out a few scoops out into the grass and they ate it all up before I could even take a photo! It was a whirlwind of feathers feed! Needless to say, since my girls appear to love the feed.

we’ll for sure be ordering more soon!.

I received this chicken feed for free from Influenster, Kaytee and Chewy and our chickens love it! I compared the ingredients to our normal chicken feed and this brand has less salt, more Omega-3’s and more probiotics than our normal feed.

Our 9 chickens really seem to like it! It was super easy to order through chewy. com, however it is SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive than the feed that we normally get at Tractor Supply. While the nutrients are great, there’s only slightly more of each nutrient and this feed costs double for only half the amount of food we normally get.

Our chickens will enjoy this bag, but unfortunately I won’t be able to repurchase it due to the price.

I ❤ my pet 🐔 chicken with all my heart. She loves to be with her family. I simply love this food because it contains the best ingredients to supplement her diet for laying. She thinks she is a dog. She’s an indoor chicken.

This is perfect for her!! We also feed her fresh fruits chopped daily. We feed the regular feed and she is SO spoiled she gets “dinner time” with our Westies. Avocado- Banana- Apple- Strawberry- Pear to name a few of Hank’s favorites! Love this quality food for my pet Chicken!!.

Hello and Thanks for the seeds. I do not have a green thumb. The ryegrass popped-up everywhere. The Daikon Radish is well scattered. It is possible that the Turnip and Mustard and Radish resemble each other and I cannot tell the difference.

A few peas sprouted. No clover was seen. Is it possible to do an entire yard in clover? Anyhow, Thanks.

Bought this mix along with others, but this mix truly has had great results. It pains me every time to let my hens in the plots I’ve seeded with this forage mix because of how green and beautiful they look with the different variety of plants in them, but my hens LOVE it.

My 1-2 weeks of work is gone in hours. But, it is easy to grow and takes well to cutting.

I ordered and planted this a few years back after I cleared and area of palmettos next to my chicken coop. It grew for about two month prior to letting my chickens out as I had a problem with loose dogs coming during the day and killing them.

After the dogs stopped coming I let my chickens graze on this plot (20X60) area and they craved it. I would open the coop and they would B-line right to it, some even flying toward it. After waiting to till it in early summer, I have noticed the soil in that area is very fertile compared to when the palmettos had grown.

These ceramic eggs were perfect for my egg decoupage project. They are well-made, a good weight, and a beautiful, realistic shade of white. Also, there are no air holes (at the end of the egg) that I had to cover up, as with other eggs I’ve purchased (from other companies).

I have some baby chicks coming this Spring, so I’ll use a few of the ceramic eggs in their nesting boxes.

These look real and weigh about the same as an egg but the texture is weird. They feel like chalk. Since these were a bit pricey, I am hoping by placing the fake eggs in their coop that these trick the hens into laying where they should lay their eggs.

I am also hoping that once they peck at them a few times and see that there is no breaking the egg that when they do start laying they won’t break their own laid eggs. Keeping my fingers crossed!.

I needed faux eggs for an antique wire egg holder in my country kitchen. They look and feel like the real thing. So pleased with this purchase and would definitely recommend them to others.

Great product! I had been using standard feed and was getting shell-less eggs or partial shells. DuMOR 16% Egg Maxx Pellet Poultry Feed solved those issues.

Saw a big difference in the quality of eggs produced compared to other feed. The eggs used to be watery but now they have nice yolks and whites! Very orange yolks too!

I have used this for my chickens solely as their main feed and they are healthy, happy and laying beautiful eggs. Highly recommend!

The product works. Since putting the ceramic eggs in the nests the chickens are producing and sitting on the ceramic ones as if they are there own eggs. Very real! The only way to tell that the are ceramic is that there weight is slightly lighter than real eggs.

Very easy to clean too! Happy chickens.

I LOVE these eggs. The raising of the hens in a true-to-nature setting make such a difference. I’ve done visual test comparing other eggs and this yolk is rich and golden. Only negative is the Sam’s 18 pack is consistently more like a dozen large and 6 small eggs.

At one time the whole 18 eggs were small but Sam’s had reduced the price. Egg size consistency would upgrade my rating to 5 stars.

These locally sourced eggs are very good and fresh purchased from the club. Twice in the past year I’ve had a bad one in the carton so not sure if the quality control has slipped a bit, and that takes the rating down to four stars.

In past years I never saw this. I’ll still buy this brand though and like that they come from unconfined (pasture raised) girls.

I ordered two cartons of these in order to hard boil them and serve as part of a buffet. They all arrived in perfect condition – not one was broken. After a 4-minute boil, they emerged perfectly hard boiled with impossibly creamy, fully cooked yolks.

A word of warning if you’re not well-acquainted with quail eggs: these little buggers can be a bear to peel if hard boiling. Save yourself the headache and get a pair of quail egg shears. You don’t want to stand over the sink muttering expletives because you’ve torn apart some of these delicate beauties fighting to get the shell/membrane away from the white.

:o).

These eggs were really beautiful and tasty. However, be advised that they don’t all make it through the shipping process. Five of the eggs I received were cracked or broken, which is a pretty high percentage.

If you are planning a dish that needs a certain amount, you might have to order backups to ensure you have enough whole eggs.

I don’t know how they taste. I bought them for an opossum I’m caring for who was injured. She loves them and they are very good for recovery. They seemed very fresh and were well packed. None were broken.

I am absolutely obsessed!!!! Best Eggs Ever! There is absolutely no comparison to any other eggs I have ever had. The only one I like better are the organic Free Range Happy Eggs. They are absolutely amazing! The yolks are SUPER ORANGE which I love! It lets me know that the chickens were healthy and happy when they gifted us with this eggs.

Totally Fan girl! Thank you Sam’s for carrying them! Please continue to do so!!!!!!.

These eggs are the best eggs ever!! The color of these eggs are orange just like how I remember them as a kid in my country. The chickens there get their nutrients from eating all natural stuff and these eggs are just that, all natural stuff.

Good for my family!!!.

I get these everytime I go to Sams, they have the best taste when it comes to eggs. By the color of the yoke you can tell these are a higher quality egg than others. It is sad when they are out of stock.

For the price you can’t beat the quality.