My hens slowed down last winter but they didn't stop. I always said if they did I would give them a break since they work so hard all year. But now that I am not eating yummy eggs....I am starting to eat my words! At least 5 of my hens are molting, I hope that when they stop maybe I will get a few eggs a week. I have always thought that it was odd chickens choice of time to loose feathers, for me, I would take 105 in the summer. Not 25 in the winter. -Cortney