Keep only the chickens that are efficiently meeting your needs: If you just want eggs, then make sure you have a lightweight, egg-producing breed like the White Leghorn. If you have a lot of access to foraging, be sure to get pure breeds that are naturally active and on the hunt for food.
Cull inefficient and unnecessary flock members: This means you’ll need to butcher, sell or give away excess roosters, old hens (older than 2.5 years) or those that are genetically undesirable (low production, susceptible to disease, aggressive, etc.) to minimize your input while maximizing yields.
Think small: What’s the minimum amount of chickens to meet your needs? The smaller your flock, the easier it will be to maintain creative resources.
Ration: Believe it or not, your chickens can eat too much! This isn’t just a problem for the budget; it can actually decrease egg production. I encourage experimentation with your chickens. You can stop serving their food “free choice” (free choice means all-day access to their feed). Start rationing out ? of a pound a day per chicken. Begin cutting back slightly every day until you notice a drop in egg production. At that point, return to the amount of feed that didn’t affect egg production and go from there. I wouldn’t ration their feed as they are growing. Once they start consuming more than 1/3 pound of feed a day, then you know it’s time to ration.
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