Do Silkies lay year long?

[Silkiefan]

I'm stuck on this:
I want eggs in the winter and am considering the addition of two bantam Barred Rocks because I've heard that Silkies take a break in winter.
Any advice folks? I'm 20 minutes away from the feedstore and am poised with my keys in my hands... Help!

 

[SunshineSilkies]

Mine slow down in the winter but they all do...they lay all year long..

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Mine laid all winter as well. It wasn't daily, but they were better than anyone else out there. I got 3-4 banty eggs every day all winter long.

 

[stumble_n_mumble]

my silkies lay all winter long too!

 

[Fanny]

My silkie was the last of my birds to begin laying at around 9 months of age... and then she went broody about two weeks later! So hopefully she'll lay in the winter, since it's beautiful spring weather and she's not laying now!

She is beautiful and the sweetest of my birds though - totally worth it.

 

[SPRING CREEK FARM]

My silkies lay all year round, that is, unless they are broody!

 

[Maureen&chickens]

I must have a weird Silkie! Mine laid for about 3 months, went broody last November and hasn't laid since! She's about a year old.

 

[stumble_n_mumble]

could be shes not "in season" to lay yet. i have a swedish duck that is almost a year in june and she hasnt laid either i think its to do with the cold. but once it gets warmer expect eggs

 

[Silkiefan]

THANKS EVERYONE! That settles it, I'll wait for the blue Silkie hatchery chicks to come in next Monday...

and yes, I'll post pics

I posted elswhere that I was getting different breeds because I noticed my girls laying slowed down in winter months... I hadn't considered that maybe Pei Pei was going broody... and I should have also attributed it to Ginger being young and new at egg laying last year... AGAIN, thanks everyone, I do believe I learned something here today! Hooray for BYC Forum!

 

[Bryam]

Yup, my silkies just started laying at it is freezing cd outside, -28 and they are all laying lots of eggs!! I don't think the cold is stopping them!! They are eating lots too!!