Did You Know

Question: There is a mistaken notion that chicken feed like Integra "makes" the egg. Is that true?

Answer: No.  Chicken feeds do not necessarily MAKE the egg. There is a big difference between MAKE and STIMULATE.

Chicken feeds do not make the egg ... but they stimulate and provide the necessary nutrients for a hen to produce eggs through natural biological processes; essentially, the hen's body uses the nutrients from the feed to "nourish the egg, not the feed itself forming the egg."

Yes, the type of chicken feed you provide significantly impacts whether a chicken will lay eggs, as a proper "layer feed" contains the necessary nutrients like calcium, vitamins, and protein that are crucial for egg production; essentially, while feed alone doesn't "make" a chicken lay eggs, a good quality layer feed provides the essential building blocks for healthy egg development. 

As explained before ... female chickens are born with thousands of immature yolk (ova) in their ovaries.

These yolks develop into eggs over time. Poultry owners used chicken feeds to provide the necessary building blocks for egg creation in the chicken's body.