{"id":3276,"date":"2014-04-29T02:47:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T02:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pheasant1.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=3276"},"modified":"2025-02-21T15:46:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T15:46:24","slug":"our-tips-for-increasing-egg-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pheasant.com\/about-us\/blog\/our-tips-for-increasing-egg-production","title":{"rendered":"Our Tips For Increasing Egg Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fact that egg production begins in spring is not a coincidence. This instinctive process is in response to the longer daylight hours. As a farm that hatches more than 1.5 million c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pheasant.com\/\">hicks<\/a>,\u00a0we have put an enormous amount of time and energy into finding successful ways to increase egg production. We would like to share some of these with you.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, in recognizing our pheasants\u2019 production response to daylight, we began to imitate this process. We put our hens and cocks on specialized lighting programs that gradually increase hours of \u201cdaylight\u201d beginning during the winter months, and this enables us to produce eggs as early as February.<\/p>\n<p>For our outdoor pens, we simulate extended daylight hours using floodlights. This delivers our March eggs. For the rest of the pens we stick with the natural light process, and they begin producing in April. This gives us the numbers to help prep for peak season.<br \/>\nNot only are the numbers in egg production important, but producing high quality eggs is equally as important. We have found that a consistent water temperature while cleaning and sanitizing decreases potential health issues, while helping to increase the egg quality. Eggs that are cracked, have calcium deposits, or have an issue with size, are removed and disposed of while they are setting. Therefore, we try to recognize these as early as possible.<\/p>\n<p>By following these protocols, we are able to adjust our flock numbers appropriately to coincide with production estimates. Monitoring these numbers closely ensures that we will have appropriate egg production during the peak season. We are careful to not only produce an adequate number of hatching eggs, but we also do not want to overproduce. 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