When I've talked to egg-producing farmers about whether their birds were fed grains or not,  1 or 2 stated that they had to feed them grains to get them to lay eggs all the time(?). Something to do with the extra protein.

 

Geoff






 
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:22:26 -0600
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: "bird eggs appear only seasonally"
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:14:11 -0600, Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > But are eggs (reptiles and birds) really only seasonal on the savanna 
> > where we evolved? Or along the coastline if you follow the Aquatic Ape 
> > theory?
> 
> I can't speak for all birds, but for chickens, they will lay year round, 
> as long as the days are long enough to give them plenty of daylight. If 
> the days get too short, they'll stop laying (unless you leave a light on 
> in the henhouse).
> 
> --
> Robert Kesterson
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