Do EEs lay in the winter?

[jrleader99]

My EE are laying through the winter too.

I also have one EE that has gone broody on a very large set of eggs so she has stopped for the time being since I am letting her do her thing with the eggs and hopefully she will finish the job. She is on day 5. I am not sure I can wait the next 16 days or so. Maybe she will give my 9 (almost 10 year old) a birthday present on Valentine's day.

 

[they'reHISchickens]

Our originals were from the local feed store. Our 2 blue -egg EEs born in April, started laying in fall and layed right thru last winter til the following Sept-Oct. Then molted and have JUST begun laying again end of January. Our green-egged EE started only last Christmas and layed through til early December and went through a rough molt. I don't expect eggs from her for a while. Our baby EEs from these, hatched the end of July, started laying this month ( January) but I am not yet sure who is laying what or when out of the 4 young pullets. Our pullet eggs are blue, bluegreen and olive.
In retrospect over the past year, the blue egg layers were regular layers, but only produced 3/4 the number of the green egg layer. Goldilocks started late, but was a very regular producer of extra large light green eggs. When I set our eggs, I set mostly hers, so we think 3 of the 4 young pullets are her offspring and they do look like her.
I have started charting egg production daily so I have an honest record to decide which to set this year and when to cull the older ones. I used Steve's chicken tracker chart and added columns to keep track of each hen's eggs


It seems the weather did not affect our birds laying as much as their age and the time of year they begin to lay. I am hoping our hens decide to set in spring rather than waiting until July!

 

[coopaloop]

I have 2 EE and they lay 2 out of 3 days a piece. And were I live in Colorado, we actualize have winter.

 

[cthrash1]

Some EEs take a little longer to start to lay. So just have patience, they sound to only be about 5-6 months now. Are their faces and combs red yet? Once they turn really red it won't be long. As in within a few weeks. I have one that laid all the way til our first real snow about a month ago. Then stop and just started up again full force last week. My other EE laid a couple of eggs when I first got her in Sept or Oct then went into molt and stopped. She also just started back up last week. Now I have an Ameraucana that was shipped across the country to me in July. She hasn't laid an egg one yet and she had to be about 3-4 months old when I got her. Her comb/face isn't even red yet. She has to be almost a year by now. Traumatic trip I guess.

 

[cluckcluck42]

My two are great layers, most days I get two blue eggs.

 

[leenie]

We have 3 EE's who started laying Christmas Eve thru Christmas week. We've had 2 weeks were we got 3/3 eggs a day but overall I'd say they are averaging 5/6 eggs per hen a week. They have exceeded what we expected which is always a good thing! Such a good thing DH suggested we pick up 2 more EE's

. . . got those POL 2 weeks ago and yesterday we got their first eggs.

 

[vegaschick]

I have 5 EE pullets that range in age from 8-9 months old. Most didn't start laying until around 8 months but once started are very reliable. In fact the last to lay started today! They are the only ones laying out of my 13 chickens, so for me, they are the best things ever ... and I love gathering the different colored eggs. The first one to start laying began the last part of Dec. and she only missed 5 days in the month of January. What a great girl! They are all averaging 5-6 eggs a week.

 

[lovinlife]

My EEs started laying in late December, at 8 months old. They've laid consistently since then. My EEs all started laying later than the others. Give yours time.

 

[Chick_a_dee]

Mine are laying about 4 eggs a day from 5 hens, I think one of them is going through a mini-moult. lol.

 

[Ariel301]

I bought some bantam EEs in early November. I was told they were laying, but they haven't laid since I got them--not that I trust the old owner now, she told me all sorts of stuff that I later found out wasn't true--one of our hens was supposedly a rooster and the father of two others we got, and the supposed mother wasn't even old enough to lay!

So, I have no idea how old mine are. They look full grown, but their combs aren't really reddening up, and they're not laying. The weather is mild, other peoples' chickens are all laying without supplemental light. I don't know if they're just not old enough yet or what. Maybe they're just waiting for spring.