Abstract MANY investigators have reported on several factors that influence, or are associated with, egg weight in the domestic fowl, but apparently little attention has been paid to the possible effect of limited feed intake. If a laying hen were not to receive all of the feed that she would normally consume, would such a feeding method result in a decrease in the total number of eggs laid, a decrease in the average weight of the eggs produced, a decrease in her body weight, or in all three? Two experiments were conducted at the Southwest Poultry Experiment Station, Glendale, Arizona, to determine the effect of limited feeding upon egg production and weight, and upon body weight of the pullets. Since the method of selecting the fowls and some other phases of the experimental procedure were different in the two experiments, they will be discussed separately. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE COMMON TO BOTH EXPERIMENTS