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I was so stressed out by pecking order antics the first time round, I'm actually not looking forward to new chickens! But right now, I'm at that point where I don't have quite enough eggs to stop buying them, yet almost enough eggs to stop buying them - first world problems 😆😆 So I would like to...

Is fall a more relaxed time because they are taking a break from laying? Do your mid June chicks lay in time before winter? Mine were late Dec chicks, which translates to your late June I guess, but they didn't mature in time before winter. It's looking like mid-Spring might be the better time...

When you stagger the new additions by 2 years, do you find you go without eggs for the first winter when there are no new pullets laying? I'd like to keep my flock small so I'm happy to wait two years before adding if I can, but I've went 4 months without eggs this autumn/winter. I enjoy my...

This is what I'm hoping to aim for.. do your new birds keep laying through winter while the older ones moult?

I got my current ones at point of lay in early autumn too.. except they never laid for 4 months until after winter solstice 😅 So i'm anxious to avoid that.

Since it's Summer in the Northern hemisphere, are you all getting new additions for your flock now, or have you gotten them in Spring? It's winter where I'm at, and my small flock of pullets have commenced laying. It seems too soon to get more new pullets in the coming Spring. Yet I'm worried...