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I live in Central Florida and yes it was hot. In the low 100's there for a while. Girls were not laying as much, but since we started getting the afternoon showers which is normal for this time of year. They have been giving me more. Yesterday I got 17 out of 40 and today 26 out of 40. I have...

21 out of 41 hens. I have 19 little chicks that are only 6 weeks old. It is hot here, and they have slowed down some.

We live in Central Florida. I do know that the weather in winter months affect egg laying, but what about summer months? We have gotten HOT and skipped spring. My girls did pick up egg laying when things started to warm up, but have slowed some. Could it be the heat? The pass couple of days it...

Out of 13 eggs today two were broke open and the egg eaten, but the shell was still there. I do have bedding in the nesting boxes, but they lay most of the time on the floor of the coops. We have 2 coops with that many hens. So they are not kicking them out of the nesting boxes. The ones in the...

Thanks for the info. I have two coops with that many hens. I usually collect around 4ish. I work out of my home so I am home during the day. I have 8 nesting boxes in the one and 6 in the other, but most of the time they lay on the floor of the coops. I think I need to collect more often...

I have had chickens for two years now and have always collected in late afternoon when I went out to feed my other animals. I would get a broken one maybe every 2 or 3 months. Well they have started to lay again since it warmed up here in Florida and I have been getting more and more broken...

10 out of 42, but 13 are not old enough till March. This is up from the 4 I have been getting all winter. It warmed up this week in Florida and that has helped. How excited I get when I get eggs.

I have several rooster to get rid of now.

Thanks everyone and for the quick response. So I am going to guess the ones with dark red combs now will end up crowing on me eventually.

My husband and I bought 12 4 day old chicks from a breeder who is 2 hours away from us. We told her that we did not want any roosters just hens. She said if you lay a baby chick on it's back and they don't stretch out their legs then it is a hen. So she did that with 6 RIR and 6 Buffs. This was...

18 hens 0 eggs

Out of 29 hens I am getting 4-10 a day when I was getting 22-24 a day. This has been going on for a month now. They are all molting.

We don't go any place far except for over to the beach to spend a weekend visiting my in laws, but this Thanksgiving we are going on our first vacation in 6 years and since we have gotten our 47 hens, 15 goats, 7 rabbits and two barn cats. My brother usually comes over with my 13 year old nephew...

6 eggs from 29 hens. Mine are molting and it is driving me nutts. My regular egg customers want their eggs. I have 18 more hens that will be laying age in spring.

Thank you Ridge Runner. That was very educational reading. This is our first molting cause our hens will be 2 in March so they seem to be right on track with what I read. Thanks again and have a GREAT day.

How long do they molt? Mine have been for about two weeks now.

Mine are molting and I am trying to find out how long they molt? this is our first real molting. I have gone from 22-24 eggs a day to some days only 8. My regular customers are getting upset cause I don't have fresh eggs for them.

My two started right at 20 weeks and lay large white eggs.

I wish I was getting 25 a day. I don't have enough eggs for all my customers right now. I have several regular customers that buy each week and then some that buy when they need. Out of 47 hens only 29 are laying age and are molting right now and I am only getting 6-10 a day. I was getting...

10 out of 29, but 18 of mine are molting. How long before they start laying again? This is our first good molting.