The effect of energy restriction on laying hens given either a single morning or single evening meal

Abstract

Feeding individually caged laying hens restricted amounts of food as a single evening meal improved egg output by 4% compared with a similar single morning meal. Egg outputs for White Leghorns fed ad lib or restricted by 11 or 15% in energy intake were 48.3, 51.0 or 47.9 g/day, respectively.