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I've always just assumed people just THINK they are getting an egg a day because they are busy and dont really check... then they dont eat too many eggs and then they have all these eggs and just think, wow! my hens are laying every day! " But I have 3 small kids and the 5 of us can eat 10...

My lights are on a timer, on at 5 am off at 9 pm. And I feed pellet (16%protein I think) plus lots of BOSS. and kitchen scraps. every day.

I have at least 3 hens who haven't laid since last summer... no feather loss..... I have some hens who dont lay for 2-3 weeks, then they lay lay lay for a week or two.. I can tell because I have different breeds that lay all different colours.. And even within the breeds, I find each hen has her...

Well I don't know what Im doing wrong. Got 4 eggs yesterday from 21 hens.

My hens share a barn with goats- Nubians and Nigerians. I think that added stress (ive lost two hens to being stepped on!!!) is probably a factor.

LOL !! special needs chicken!! Love it. I have one of those... I swear Im not sure she has ever laid...

No, because we've had 2 feet of snow since late November. LOL

Funny- I agree with Wyandotte's- not an egg from them all winter- but my EE lay all year round, really well. And my Welsummers. The CLB is pretty good too. the danish brown leghorns arent great either. Our light goes on at 5 am and off at 9 pm all year. I dont like sexlinks either.

Ok, so I am so tired of hearing this " I get an egg a day from all my hens" (in like January!!!!) I have beautiful healthy free ranging hens- They get free choice pellets. BOSS almost every day/or every other day (about 1 cup maybe)? and daily kitchen scraps. .....and I get about 10 eggs a day...