Green-shell laying hen feeding methods and answers to common feed questions

Feeding time and frequency for green-shell laying hens: The daily feeding frequency for green-shell laying hens is 6 times in the 1st week, 5 times in the 2nd week, and 4 times per day from the 3rd week onward. When the lights are turned on in the morning, give the green-shell laying hens their 1st feed. After the green-shell laying hens finish each portion of feed, wait 30 minutes before adding the next portion. The green-shell laying hen feed must be finished 1 hour before the lights are turned off in the evening.

Common feed categories for green-shell laying hens: There are many common feed types for green-shell laying hens, but according to their nutritional composition they can be divided into 8 categories and 16 subcategories: roughage, green feed, silage (green-shell laying hens do not use this—type of feed; only geese and ostriches eat this type of feed), energy feed, protein feed, mineral feed, vitamin feed and additive feed, etc.

The feed formulation for green-shell laying hens is mainly based on corn and barley, using 10%-15% fish meal plus about 20% soybean cake plant protein, and then mixing in some chopped red radish, green vegetable leaves, green grass and other green feed. Or 10%-40% corn, 20%-30% sorghum or barley, 10%-20% wheat or barnyard millet, 10%-30% dried sweet potato, 10%-30% bran and rice bran, 10%-25% soybean cake or peanut cake, 3%-15% fish meal or bone meal, 2%-6% oyster shell powder or calcium carbonate, 3%-5% locust leaf powder or alfalfa powder; into 100 kg of mixed feed, 30-40 kg of green feed can be added. Feeding green-shell laying hens fly maggots, earthworms, ground beetles, etc. during the breeding period can increase the egg production rate of green-shell laying hens.