Easy Assimilation
She must be fed, then, so as to have what is generally termed a “balanced ration,” which really means a ration supplying all her different wants.
She must be fed so as to be able to assimilate her food with ease. She might be fed a ration which she could easily digest, but the ration might not so assimilate and combine as to be an egg maker.
The greatest factor in assimilation is proper green food, and the hen should have this in a crisp, succulent state, and plenty of it. The egg being to such a large extent formed of water, unless she is supplied with all the drinking water she will take, your labor will go for naught, and the hen will not be able to lay eggs.
Her grain ration must be of the best, and it should be fed in such a way that she is forced to work for it.