Why Do Chickens Lay So Many Eggs? | The Critter Commute

Chickens are prolific egg producers, laying eggs nearly every day. But why do chickens produce so many eggs? Find out here at The Critter Commute on Moosday!
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[@ArtistunknownTM]

One of our chickens was missing for a while. Finally found her when I heard an ear-shattering cluster of high pitched chirping and found she had hatched FORTY chicks. The amount of eggs being laid had seemingly decreased around that time too, so it suddenly made sense. She was hoarding them all and they all hatched!!!

[@theonewhoknows4978]

I really love this! Not a lot of people understand how much domestication changes an animal, but chickens are such a wild example of that, we wanted a reliable source of food, so we kept and breed the chickens that laid eggs more frequently until, generations and centuries later, we got this ones that laid eggs nearly every day, it’s fascinating.

[@Biggest_Luisa_Fan]

Interesting video! My family tried to raise chickens before, but one group of hens we had (seemingly) did not lay any eggs at all, even though we had them for at least a year. To this day, I am not sure if maybe there was something wrong that we weren’t seeing that prevented them from laying eggs, or if snakes were coming to steal the eggs before we could get to them, or something. It’s strange because the group of hens we kept before them laid eggs just fine.🤔 Either way, it is always fascinating to observe animals and learn more about them.💗

[@catholiccontriversy]

Chickens lay so many eggs because they know if they don't lay enough then they go to the chop or because they want tools to break out of the farm.

[@UsmanFaraz854]

Thank you for sharing your experience 😊