What breed do you have that is still laying in this cold weather?

[cposz]

2 RSL, 2 Buff Orpingtons - 3 to 4 eggs every day.
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Temps: Dang cold for the past several weeks, until today (temps in the high 20s)

I suspect they are laying like crazy because it's been so cold we've had to keep the lights on in the henhouse at night.

 

[popcornpuppy]

My Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds and Leghorns are all laying. They are 6 months old and just started laying before the weather turned bitterly cold. The weather here has been 20's during the day and single digits at night. I have a red bulb, heat lamp in the coop and provide other artificial light. I average 15 eggs a day from 20 egg layers. (Some days more, some days less.) But I am happy with those numbers.

 

[dwegg]

all mine are laying but not every day...I got 4 eggs today out of 6 layers and one has been broody for the past week.

2x EE, BO (broody), RIR, SLW, and a Dominique.

 

[vstoltzfus]

I have 11 red sex links. They haven't slowed down. I get 10-11 eggs a day without any supplementary light or heat. It's been below 20 at night, and in the 20's during the day. I'm loving it!

 

[Barred Rocker]

Most all of mine are still laying. Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Buff Orpingtons and New Hampshire Reds. They haven't missed a beat.

 

[gardenergirl]

I have one barred rock/silkie and a wyandotte, both bantams, who are laying an egg a day each here in cold Chicagoland. Good girls!

 

[australorp_breeder]

My Jersey Giants, Australorps, Orpingtons, and Cochins are all laying right now.

 

[crazyhen]

The first fall after starting to lay most of my hens layed through winter. But the second season of lay appears to be going differently . I have broodiness in some , molting in some etc. Of 12 hens I am getting about 6 eggs from my group of hens. Some days only 2 or so. Of the EEs that have just started to lay in Nov. anywhere from one to 3 a day. Temps have ranged from 7 degrees to 20 degrees at night. gloria Jean

 

[Minniechickmama]

I have 5 Dark Cornish hens from last March hatch. I bought them in August from my neighbor who didn't want them because the hatchery sent her these instead of the Production Red that she ordered. Of the 8 originals, I still have 5 left. They have hardly laid at all since mid-August. A few days ago when it was down to -15 to -20, guess what? I started getting a couple of eggs a day. Then today, I had 5 eggs!!! I am EGGstatic!!!! I am suspecting though that my 20-week old Black Australorp contributed to today collection, there is one that is noticeably smaller than the others.

BTW, they have only a red heat lamp for the coldest days in an uninsulated 4'x6' coop and a little 10" square window for daylight.

 

[DougD]

Ameraucanas, Orpingtons, Cornishes, Buff Plymouth Rocks.
All are laying some, the Ameraucanas are laying the best.

Coop temperature ranging from 20* to 35* most of the time. Outside has been as low as 0* some nights.
No extra light except the red heat lamps on the waterers.