Nourishing Layers for Better Eggs: Why Feed Premium Layer Mix from Green Valley Grains

As a poultry owner, you want your hens to be healthy, happy, and productive. If you’re feeding a higher protein layer diet, one option worth considering is the Green Valley Grains Premium Layer Mix — especially as it is paired with the research backed probiotic ProN8ure®. Here’s why this combination can make a real difference for your flock.

High-Protein Foundation for Egg Production

Egg-laying birds have higher nutritional demands than non-layers. Laying eggs requires abundant protein — not just for forming the egg white (albumen), but also for supporting the hen’s overall metabolic demands and health.

• The GVG Premium Layer Mix lists a crude protein (CP) content of 18%, which is perfect for most free-range or backyard layers.

• Protein supports muscle maintenance, feather growth, immune function, and — crucially — the production of eggs with good size, strong shells, and healthy interior quality. Without adequate protein, egg yield, shell strength, and yolk/albumen quality can all suffer.

  
  

In short: good protein levels in a complete layer diet provide the raw materials your hens need to lay consistently and healthily, without resorting to patchwork supplementation.

Balanced Nutrition — A Complete Feed

One of the best qualities of the GVG mix is that it’s ‘designed to be fed alone — with no extra supplementation required.’ That makes it easier for poultry keepers: you don’t need to worry about mixing in extra grains, proteins, or fillers to meet nutritional requirements. Everything — energy, fat, protein, grit (for shell formation), fibre/chaff for gut motility — is built in.

This all-in-one approach reduces the risk of nutritional imbalances or missing key nutrients, which can happen if you try to DIY a diet for laying hens. Of course, you can keep adding in your greens and quality food scraps, but be rest assured that the foundation of your hens diet is taken care of.

The Gut Health Advantage: Why Probiotic Matters for Layers

Feeding a high-protein, balanced diet is just one side of the coin. The other — and often overlooked — side is gut health. That’s where IAH ProN8ure® comes in.

Gut Microbiome = Digestive Efficiency, Immunity, and Performance

• Like all animals, birds have a complex community of microbes in their gut. This gut microbiota helps break down feed, produce nutrients, support immune function, and protect against harmful pathogens. A balanced gut microbiome supports efficient digestion and nutrient absorption — vital for a layer’s heavy demands.

• When the microbiome is out of balance (dysbiosis), nutrient absorption can drop, immunity may suffer, and performance — including egg production — can decline.

  
  

Studies show that supplementing laying hen diets with probiotics can: improve feed efficiency (getting more nutrition from the same feed), boost egg production, improve shell and albumen quality, and strengthen immune response.

Why ProN8ure® Is a Wise Inclusion

ProN8ure® is a multi-strain probiotic — meaning it delivers a mix of beneficial live bacteria (e.g. species of Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Enterococcus, Streptococcus). iahp.com.au

• These “good bacteria” help out-compete harmful bacteria in the gut, reducing the risk of infections or gut imbalances.

• ProN8ure® is formulated to survive the journey through the bird’s crop and stomach, so the microbes reach the intestines alive — where they can colonise and do their job.

• Regular probiotic use supports healthy digestion, even during stress (like changes in diet, weather, or flock disturbances), helping maintain consistent egg production.

  
  

In hens fed probiotic-supplemented diets, researchers have noted improvements such as better feed conversion, stronger egg shells, improved egg quality (albumen, yolk), and overall better gut health.

Putting It All Together: A Smart Strategy for Layer Owners

When you feed your layers the Green Valley Grains Premium Layer Mix — with its high protein content and fully balanced nutritional profile — and combine that with the proven probiotic ProN8ure®, you’re supporting your flock in two essential ways:

1. Providing all the nutrients they need to produce consistent, high-quality eggs — protein for egg formation, energy and fat for metabolism, grit and calcium for shells, fibre for digestion.

2. Supporting gut health, nutrient absorption, immunity, and overall resilience — which helps your hens stay healthy and productive long-term, even under stress.

That means better egg yield, better egg quality (shell strength, albumen, yolk), and healthier birds — with fewer digestive upsets and likely less reliance on antibiotics or other interventions.

For many poultry keepers — this “complete feed + probiotic” approach strikes a good balance between convenience, health, productivity, and welfare.

Final Thoughts

Feeding layers isn’t just about “giving them food.” It’s about meeting elevated nutritional needs and supporting their digestive and immune systems — especially for birds working hard to produce eggs consistently.

A high-quality, complete formula like the Green Valley Grains Premium Layer Mix gives your hens the protein, energy, minerals they need, while the inclusion of a multi-strain probiotic such as ProN8ure® helps ensure those nutrients are actually digested and absorbed — underpinned by a healthy gut.

If you want your layers to thrive — not just survive — combining a balanced feed with gut-health support is one of the smartest strategies you can choose.