Americanas not laying

[BigMommaOrpington]

We have 5 one year old hens: 2 Americana, 1 lavender Orpington, 1 leg horn and 1 barnevelder.

Since early February I haven’t gotten a single from the Americanas. We chalked it up to cold weather and not much sunlight. Even though the other girls were laying in full force and we keep a heat light for temps under 40 degrees.

They’re seemingly healthy happy girls. They’ll even help sit on the other hens eggs.
We free range them for about 2 hrs a day one of us usually babysits them to be sure nothing picks them off as we live deep in the woods. So we know they’re not hiding eggs.
We did have one episode of the leghorn eating eggs back in the winter but haven’t seen any evidence of that since.
Not sure whats going on with my girls. we’ll keep them even if they never lay another egg. They’re my daughter’s favorite chickens (let’s be real they’re all her favorites lol). But I would like to know what’s going on with them.

 

[aart]

Since early February I haven’t gotten a single from the Americanas. We chalked it up to cold weather and not much sunlight.

Were they laying last summer/fall?

Even though the other girls were laying in full force and we keep a heat light for temps under 40 degrees.

Heat light not needed at 40°F.
Has this light been on 24/7 all winter?

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[BigMommaOrpington]

Were they laying last summer/fall?

Heat light not needed at 40°F.
Has this light been on 24/7 all winter?

Welcome to BYC! @BigMommaOrpington
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Updated location (southern Indiana). Not 24/7 all winter just went it got below 40. It only gets very cold here late December through January and early February. They have laid daily all late summer through winter up until February. Actually they were the first of my girls to start laying consistently.

 

[aart]

Updated location (southern Indiana). Not 24/7 all winter just went it got below 40. It only gets very cold here late December through January and early February. They have laid daily all late summer through winter up until February. Actually they were the first of my girls to start laying consistently.

Did you turn off the heat lamp in Feb?

It only gets very cold here late December through January and early February.

Not as cold as it does up here, ..... and I never use a heat lamp.