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mathchick

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Hi. I'm a mathematician with 6 chickens on our property. We have 15 acres our chickens and house are fenced in on an acre . We started having chickens as a activity for our 9 year old daughter. We have been happy with our eggs but the finicky winter of the middle of FL has set in with hard freezes sporadically.
 
Not sure if your post is an introduction of sorts or asking a question about eggs in winter? Hello and welcome to BYC if it's the former, and if it's the latter, well there's a few ways to get eggs though winter.

Personally I favor feeding them kelp and keeping hens of different ages. When some which hatched in spring take their break from laying, the ones who hatched later on (often the daughters of the first lot) are laying. When the daughters take a break, the mothers resume, and so on, and since they're on kelp they keep doing this for years without production drop or premature ageing.

Some people favor lights, indeed some people believe there is no other way to get eggs though winter, lol. But they haven't tried kelp and they cull their hens every second year or so which I don't think is truly economical or healthy.

It's really down to what you believe is worth trying or will/won't work. Best wishes.
 
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Winter will be over soon and hopefully spring makes a quick arrival.

Great to have you aboard and enjoy BYC!
 
Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan
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If you mean they are laying fewer eggs, that is more related to days becoming shorter than to temps. Once the days start lengthening, your hens will likely pick up.
 

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