Do all chickens slow down egg production in the winter?

[no-roo-stew]

Thanks to all who responded. What a very nice community. I thought that perhaps their egg production was down to the present light quantity, but it didn't occur to me that as little as 2 hours of light could affect it.
My mixed flock is genuinely interesting, from my loving frizzle to my twitchy leghorn, I can't imagine my days without them. They don't fluff a feather when my dogs cruse by with a bark, but scamper away when I enter their pen with food. But, yell "chickens" from the kitchen window and they all come running to the nearest corner.
I was truely hoping that the girls would continue to help me. You see, my bosses 21 yo son was diagnosed with bone cancer 3 moths ago and loves the pure protein from our eggs. He is getting better, but it is a struggle and it is the one thing I can do for him that he enjoys! So, here's to more daylight!

 

[myoungson]

My wife and I started with three silver wyandotte day old chicks that were delivered the first week in April. We have one of the originals left. One was a rooster that we gave to a friend on a farm. To loud for the neighborhood. One was eaten by a raccoon. Since then I have secured the coop and have had no problems. I replaced the rooster and the fallen soldier with pullets. A red star, a black star and white rock. This is their first winter and I have to say they are laying like champs. I am getting around two dozen eggs a week from my girls. Everything I have read stated the shorter days have a negative effect on production but that has not been the case so far. I live in MD and we are going on a sub 10 degree run of over a week and they are still laying.

 

[Wyandottes7]

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[BantamLover21]

Glad you joined us! Yes, most chickens do slow down egg production in the winter in response to the decreasing daylight hours. To stimulate more laying, you could put a light on a timer in the coop, and make sure that they always have about 14 hours of daylight. Or, you could let nature run its course and wait until the spring sunlight starts them laying again.