No eggs

[aart]

Providing supplemental lighting and heat does not always trump their natural biology...
...especially if they've had that light all year around.

 

[Dom G]

You know your chickens better than I do, so use sensible decisions.

I don't do anything to force my hens to lay in winter. If they take a break that's fine with me. I'm more concerned with there well being. But I do get about 3 to 6 eggs a day in winter.

That’s what I used to get. Not one egg in 2 months. Used to get 5-6 per day

 

[Tonyroo]

That’s what I used to get. Not one egg in 2 months. Used to get 5-6 per day

If eggs are important to you year round. You should cycle your flock every spring with new chicks or pullets and kill off the old ones 2 years old or older. It helps to pick out breeds that lay 200+ eggs a year. There's several breeds out there that can handle that without issues of no eggs.

 

[Dom G]

If eggs are important to you year round. You should cycle your flock every spring with new chicks or pullets and kill off the old ones 2 years old or older. It helps to pick out breeds that lay 200+ eggs a year. There's several breeds out there that can handle that without issues of no eggs.

I’m not able to have a rooster at my house so yes we will be getting chickens who have a higher production rate

 

[BigBlueHen53]

The presence or absence of a rooster has no effect on egg production, only on whether those eggs are fertile.

 

[Dom G]

The presence or absence of a rooster has no effect on egg production, only on whether those eggs are fertile.

I understand. I said that because I’m not going to buy new chickens every spring

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I understand. I said that because I’m not going to buy new chickens every spring

I see.