Anyone noticing an unusually poor November egg production?

[Lbrad7]

My FBCM and my Welsummers have not laid an egg since Sept but the rest of my girls are doing "ok". I am getting about 40 a day out of 60 laying hens. My bantams haven't been laying well at all either.

 

[alaskachick]

I guess I am having a great first timer chicken owner experience. I live in Alaska where it is 20 degrees right now and only 7 hours of daylight and I am getting 11/13 everyday. yippee

 

[Jessiewoodard57]

30 hens.....10 are 7 months old...the rest are almost 2 years old. We have 30 in the brooder (their replacements) We get 6-8 eggs a day.

 

[Maryallison]

I was thinking the same thing! All my small breed hens have stopped laying...frizzles & silkes

Luckily I own EEs, I have 11 EE hens and I am getting a few eggs a day from them! At least I have a easy winter compaired to most of you guys cause I am in Florida!

 

[chickenlickin8]

I have 6 hens and got ZERO today but 2 hens are laying pulling their weight. The other 4 ( 1 yr old) look like they are done moulting but no eggs yet. How long before they start up again? Will this happen every year? It's frustrating not egtting eggs!

 

[FarmerJamie]

For the two weeks prior to this past weekend, the girls were batting 1 for 14. Made some coop changes, instituted light therapy, and am now up to a solid 2 eggs/per day on Wednesday. Lot's of orders to fill here, too.

 

[dawg53]

11 hens, 3 eggs daily. 8 hens are in hard molt or finishing molt. The 3 that are laying daily are my 1 black star and 2 red stars. My black star is the oldest, almost 6 years old.

 

[FarmerDenise]

19 hens, 0 eggs. Last year they laid right through the winter, we were amazed. This year sucks so far. We just sent 2 roosters to freezer camp, hopefully it will increase egg production.

 

[1birdlady]

We started with 4 chicks a year and half ago.....laying well when reaching chicken "puberty" (no roosters here).

September was moulting month and we had a significantly lower production( 1 to none most days), as well as one *homicidal hen* who killed one of her litter mates.......uffda!

We blunted the beaks on the bully and her bully friend, and that helped a lot!
(Used the Pedipaws dog nail trimmer, and trimmed about 1/8" off the beaks).

This month we're getting 1 - 2 eggs a day from our 3, so I guess that's on par and a good thing???

BTW Alan Hagan, we miss you a lot here and there!

 

[swimmer]

I'm still waiting for my freeloaders to start. 23 weeks now and nada.