My hens are pretty good, they stay with the eggs until another one comes to lay and that one stays with eggs in the winter until I get out to gather them, I've only lost 1 days laid eggs in almost 2 years with the way they do that, so hoping they teach the new pullets too
Mine produce without adding light even in the frigid northern winters, see a small reduction in eggs, but they sure get demanding for meal worms when there aren't any bugs to be found. 7 hens winter time production is still usually 3-4 a day and they are 2.75 years old Spring through fall molt...