Does it matter if it is winter?

[bathsheba8542]

My Welsummers have just quit laying in their second fall/winter. Last year they were pretty good, and while in the spring and summer we're getting about 8 per day (from 12 hens), and last year it fell off to about 10 per week, I haven't had an egg in two weeks! I put a light in their coop, but are they already out of business until spring time???

 

[jjthink]

Not sure why you'd be annoyed. It's natural for them to lay less when there is less daylight during certain times of the year. It gives their bodies a much needed (and well deserved) chance to rest.
JJ