Egg Production and Rooster's Role

buying chickens to save money on eggs, you're you're barking up the wrong dag on tree, guys. You're just barking up the wrong tree. First of all, if you've got roosters and you live in town, expect to be complained about. You hear Randy over here? Ry's great. Ry's who fertilizes the eggs for us. And Randy has been absolutely awesome. He protects the hins, but can he protect him from a serious predator? [screaming] Not really. He's establishing his dominance with me. He doesn't crow unless I come out the door or he hears the chickens across the farm crowing. That's just Randy. That's what he's going to do. So, right here, we got Randy the rooster and we've got three hens. While Ry's over here crowing and showing off, do you need a rooster to produce eggs? Go ahead and answer that question. Look at your family member, your spouse, whoever. No. The answer is no. We don't need no stinking rooster to produce eggs. The rooster is a male. Does a woman need a man to produce her eggs? [screaming] No. According to Randy, no. So, we've got four, one, two, three, four hens in here. And Randy the rooster. I like to have fertile eggs because we'll hatch hatchlings from these roosters. So, we never have to buy chickens again once we bought them once. These are American breeze chickens and they're good for eating. They're a dualpurpose birds. There's several different types of bird you can get. You can get a commercial egg layer and the cheapest ones I've ever seen to raise are the white leg breed. They'll lay just about 365 eggs a year. [screaming] Randy, they'll lay about 365 eggs a year. just about every day they're going to lay if you treat them right. Do the chickens lay in as much in the winter time as they do in the summer? The answer is no. How can I increase egg production? Chickens lay eggs based on light cycles. So, if you want your chickens to lay eggs, go ahead, Randy. Go ahead, bud. >> [laughter] >> If you want your chickens to lay eggs in the winter time, [screaming] [laughter] put a light in your chicken coupe and let that light burn till about 8:00 p.m. so that the chickens get a longer day and they'll start laying. If you want to really trick them up, put a light with a timer on it and have it come on in the middle of the night and then cut back off and come in the middle of night and cut back off. If you do that, you'll start to get double ykers and all kinds of fun stuff. And you will get double yolk eggs once in a while no