Buff Orpington - are they good winter egg layers?

[MareeZoCool]

My hubby has gotten a touch of chicken fever! We have one BA hen, and 1 OEG roo, we both treasure our fresh eggs. Hubby has decided another hen will be a good idea, since we both treasure gathering & eating fresh eggs.
There are three suppliers nearby where we can pick up some pullets. I like the looks of the BO, do they lay all winter, as does my BA?

 

[sonew123]

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Mine do with lights on-they are great hearty winter layers

 

[peggym]

Yes!!!! the buffs are really good layers and very sweet girls to boot!

 

[Happy Chooks]

My BO was doing well through winter until we lost her just after Christmas.

 

[prancie]

during the coldest weather in a century here in Alabama i was getting 4 eggs a day most days from my 4 hens.

 

[JLS]

I have 10 orps and I was getting one egg per bird every other day during the coldest/darkest days this past winter. And it was very cold (I live in Maine). So I would have to say that they are good winter layers.

 

[bawkbawk]

We live in northern Arizona, where it is really cold at night. Even with five feet of snow, our buffs were laying about 5 eggs a week each. They are beautiful, cold-hardy, and just the sweetest hens around.

If we get more chickens, I will get more buff orpingtons. We love them!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Buff Orpingtons are very good layers in winter.

As long as you have a heat lamp in their coop at night. But even if you don't they still lay eggs!

 

[ByHisHands]

Our BO's started laying in the dead of winter, we were so happy

We also had a heat lamp in the coop.

 

[sunshynertc]

I have two Buff Orpingtons and I am getting 2 eggs a week from them. One of my Wyandottes is molting so she is not laying. The other Wyandotte is laying an egg a day. The Olive Egger is laying an egg a day. None of my other hens are laying. They include two Ameraucanas, one Rhode Island red, and one Easter Eggers.

We do not have a heating lamp in the coop so maybe that is why we are getting so few eggs.