Show Extension Issues Cautions On Egg Production Few other management or disease factors can throw a poultry flock out of production as quickly as an insufficient water Ralph J. extension at the Utah State Agricultural The fowl needs the water to carry on the process of digestion and metabolism and to regulate body Water is also very Important because the egg which the hen produces is 66 per cent Chickens consume about twice as much water per unit of body weight as do beef sheep and The high relative water consumption is especially marked in laying hens during periods of high egg It is as essential to have water available when the lights are turned on as to have Blackham Blackham also says that warm contrary to popular is no aid to egg production other than to keep the water from |