Stop Lying and Spreading Conspiracies
Back in October of 2022, an ABC News reporter had his home raided by the FBI. Multiple conservatives with large followings on Twitter claimed it was proof this country is no better than China or Russia. After all, the prominent and award-winning ABC News producer had produced news critical of Biden. Turns out, based on a federal indictment, the man had been disseminating child pornography.
Right now, a lot of prominent conservatives are screaming that NewsMax is being taken off DirecTV because it is conservative. I actually had to decline an ad buy on my radio show from NewsMax because I refuse to go down that road. The truth is that NewsMax had given the content to DirecTV at no cost and now wanted to charge DirecTV. All cable companies are cutting costs and DirecTV swapped Newsmax for The First, another conservative outlet. But I’m getting lit on fire on Instagram for telling the truth on this one.
Which leads me to eggs. There is a massive conspiracy theory on the right now circulating that corporations and/or the government is altering chicken feed to prevent backyard chickens from laying eggs. No one trusts anyone anymore and too many people are more interested in ratings, clout, and retweets to tell the truth. Let’s dig into this. Take a listen. Also, if you’re not a paid subscriber, just a reminder that I do try to give you the truth without the nonsense, so please consider subscribing.
My son and daughter in law have chickens and were happy with the chicken production... I get my eggs from them.. About 6 months ago.. The flock they have stopped producing.. She is on a "chicken group" and they all figured out that the maker of the feed they all were using had changed their formula... So my daughter in law changed brands... and now we have production again. I don't think that is any government conspiracy... It was just one company changing a feed formula for some reason and I guess the hens didn't like it very much. I am happy now though... as my supply chain is now back....
So about the Grand Hen Conspiracy. This is a bunch of new hen keepers not understanding what a hen requires to produce an egg. Hens are born with 4000 ova in their bodies. Most of them can be expected to reliably lay 250 eggs a year - not counting holidays however. 😵💫 (I jest). According to the long standing biology of the hen (created by God and frequently tampered with by us mortals) “The hen's ovulation is stimulated by the length of the day. Maximum egg production is reached during summer days with 16 hours of daylight. Egg production may continue during the spring, fall, and winter when artificial light is supplemented to provide 14 -16 hours of light.”
So my hens, knowing all about this, cut back around mid November and stopped laying entirely by December 1.
I turned on the light in the henhouse, which has a timer, in mid January to start at 4 am and go off at 8:00 am after sunrise. Four additional hours of daylight! Guess what? They started laying again ten days ago. It AIN’T the feed… it’s the amount of daylight. This battle FWIW is also raging on the hen pages on FB. Hen-sanity!
So Erick you can tell everybody to consult their hen-formation manual and it will set them straight