Does heat (hot summer temps) affect egg laying?

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I still fight the heat, now with 45 chickens and 7 ducks. One thing made a HUGE difference. I have a white shingled roof on my largest coop. I built a forth chick chalet this past spring with a primed for paint metal roof. It deflects the heat! I bought more of the same metal roofing, for ALL my coops/runs. Plus every coop has a fan, the coop door is left open at night.( main runs are enclosed and locked nightly) I turn my ducks out at 430 a. Open up all doors to the runs. Midday they roam free in my backyard and portable electric fence enclosure. Lots of water, frozen fruit and shade. They love it under the pecan trees. I keep them in the runs long enough to lay in the morning...then out they go. Has worked well with the heat. Eggs are down a bit, and smaller. But doing OK. Even my new pullets have started laying at 16 wks!
 
A.T. Hagan said:
Production always begins to sag about this time of year. Until yesterday we've been getting 99-100 degree temperatures for nearly a week with corresponding humidity that pushed the heat index to 110. Miserable weather for a hen and it shows in decreased feed consumption, increased water consumption, and lowered egg production.

Chances are it'll bottom out then remain steady. Might even increase a bit once they become accustomed to it.

Look to your shade, keeping the water supply clean and plentiful, and improving their air flow if your coop is tight.
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Yes, I agree. Food consumption goes down, water consumption goes up, and egg laying goes down. It'll pass when the weather straightens out.
 
I agree heat (and humidity) effect egg production. I find it effects my larger birds more(BO, Barnevelder). My easter eggers seem to keep laying no matter what.
 

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