Animals that lay in winter

[chickencheeper]

We have 6 chickens(only 2 of them have laid) so is there anything we can do to make them lay during the winter, short of putting lights in it? Or is there a breed or type of poultry that lays during winter?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Faverolles are good winter layers.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Usually birds hatched in May and June will lay through their first winter. Hatched earlier in the year and they too may go into molt. Hatched later and they may not even start before winter.

That being said some breeds handle winter laying better. I have had Australorp that laid during winter but at a reduced rate. Chanticleers are said to lay through the winter but suffer greatly in the hot summers.

 

[BantyChooks]

Usually birds hatched in May and June will lay through their first winter. Hatched earlier in the year and they too may go into molt. Hatched later and they may not even start before winter.

That being said some breeds handle winter laying better. I have had Australorp that laid during winter but at a reduced rate. Chanticleers are said to lay through the winter but suffer greatly in the hot summers.

Chanteclers are supposed to be good winter layers, yes. I have found whether they lay through winter greatly depends on age and what time of year they became sexually mature. For instance, it's winter here, but 4/4 of my young Leghorns lay every single day. That's because I got them early on. My pullets hatched a mere month later have yet to lay a single egg.

 

[junebuggena]

Regardless of breed, light exposure has a direct impact on laying. Some breeds can get by with less light than others. But regardless, when light levels drop to a certain point, eggs will stop being produced, no matter what.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

All my May hatched pullets lay through winter at a decreased rate regardless of breed.

This year I have 2 from last year already resume laying after the molt, a faverolle and an EE, which hatched in 2016.

I haven't found chantecler to be very good layers.

 

[MargaretAnneHK]

My Icelandic pullets are laying well but its their first year.I havd heard Icelandics do well laying in the winter though.