Egg eating? Stopped laying?

[Kathie659]

In October I was getting 3-4 eggs a day (4 hens different breeds). I wasn't getting any eggs? Nov- now.

I found 6 hidden frozen eggs, some half eaten. No idea when laid. I put stones in laying boxes, next day stone gone from one.

I'm now getting 1 egg a day. I don't know if they're eating them? I think it odd that 3 different age/breeds would stop at same time.

Opinions?

 

[nuthatched]

Laying slows or stops in the winter, are you seeing egg remains?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Chickens need a certain number of daylight hours to trigger egg production. During the short days of fall and winter, most hens stop or considerably slow down laying. When days lengthen in the spring, egg production resumes.