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They dont know, but the final conclusion was this: Supplementation of NaHCO3 may prolong persistency of maintaining a profitable egg production during the late laying period. More research would have to be done to make anything conclusive about the benefits of adding baking soda.

Agree, its just not a significant difference. Which I understand could make a difference for keeping battery hens and the bottom line. For people with a few hens in the backyard the risks outweigh the rewards and they wouldn't see a difference in egg production or health and could have...

The ones I read show mixed results and not significant improvements in laying. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00071669208417527 https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=6f0ba7345af35997f612894a3ac94c5ed60113d9...

The only research paper I could find said it could potentially increase egg laying during high heat stress. Other than that, not much.