The young hens will generally lay through their first winter although not so regularly. After that they take a winter break to molt. It’s due to daylight not temps.
Curious, in the arctic (Alaska etc) when there are periods of complete dark or complete light, what do your chickens do?
I’m currently buying eggs from my friend because my 3 ☹️ chickens have stopped laying. Soon she will not have enough to sell and I’ll resort yet again to buying eggs at Publix with a bag on my head so no one recognizes me.
The things we do to be owned by chickens…