egg laying has ceased

[Lumley Farm]

Do the hens stop laying eggs completely when they are molting?

 

[Ridgerunner]

You can always find exceptions to about anything to do with living animals, but yes, the vast majority stop laying eggs when they molt.

 

[Lumley Farm]

You can always find exceptions to about anything to do with living animals, but yes, the vast majority stop laying eggs when they molt.

thanks! It does look like there was a chicken fight in the coop with all those feathers!!! LOL

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

Walk about the yard in bushes. mine were doing that and molting.

 

[SwampQueenChick]

My ladies egg production always slack off while in molt. I totally understand about the feathers everywhere. I think the worst when I first see all those feathers scattered on the ground

 

[Aunt Angus]

This time of year, the daylight hours shorten, too, which can cause them to stop laying, too. The one- two punch of late fall...

 

[Mrs. K]

You may occasionally get an egg, but generally speaking, most quit entirely until the end of January for me.

 

[SueT]

Mine stop laying and for the whole winter.

 

[Aunt Angus]

My Leghorn, though. I don't think anything would stop her.

 

[WIchickMama]

My Leghorn, though. I don't think anything would stop her.

Mine either, she always lays