What feed is best for egg production

[warcrise]

I've always fed laying mash and scratch grains with some whole grain corn. I read an article this week that suggested for maximum egg laying no scratch grains or corn should be fed. Any ideas on that theory? Is there a type of laying mash that's better than others and are the laying pellets as good as the mash? Sorry for all the questions in one post, I'm fairly new to this, I have 10 egg layers, 4 pullets redish in color, 4 Americauna's and 2 old girls I'm not sure what they are!

[goosedragon]

I've always fed laying mash and scratch grains with some whole grain corn. I read an article this week that suggested for maximum egg laying no scratch grains or corn should be fed. Any ideas on that theory? Is there a type of laying mash that's better than others and are the laying pellets as good as the mash? Sorry for all the questions in one post, I'm fairly new to this, I have 10 egg layers, 4 pullets redish in color, 4 Americauna's and 2 old girls I'm not sure what they are!Yes the theory is that a feed formulated to the needs of laying hens will perform better than a random assortment of grains (scratch grains & corn) Since such a laying ration is formulated to meet all the needs of the hens any additions just throw the ration out of balance so it is no longer optimal for the job.
There are two problems with mash feed, the components of the mash can become "unmixed" so the mash ration is not the same to all birds, and there is usually more waste feed with mash since anything that they drop from their beak is too small for them to pick back up to eat. Pellets deal with both these problems.
Since I have no ideal of what feed products are available in Pakistan I can not offer any advise about specific feeds but I would be looking for layer pellets if it were me. Good Luck!