Egg Laying question

[new2chicks3]

Hello,

My Chickens are all starting to lay eggs now One was, now two and still waiting on the third. My first one was laying everyday, but now that the other hen pullet is laying it stopped laying everyday and they seem to be taking turns...one lays an egg one day and the other the other day. Is that normal?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Laying is very sporadic till the mechanics work themselves out. It also depends on the breed. Some breeds lay 300 eggs a year while others may only lay 20. There's a lot of room between those 2 numbers.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Laying is very sporadic till the mechanics work themselves out. It also depends on the breed. Some breeds lay 300 eggs a year while others may only lay 20. There's a lot of room between those 2 numbers.

I agree, most breeds don't lay on a daily basis, I expect 2-4 eggs a week from most of my birds, they do their best laying on the first season. I am surprised to find my polish lay almost everyday, but my EE lay like 20 eggs for the whole season. If you want more eggs get birds bred for just laying and be prepared to cull as they burn out fast.

Your birds will get more regular after a few months but will still slow down or speed up with the changing seasons. Just what I've noticed.

 

[new2chicks3]

Thank you, this hinformation has been very helpful and welcome anymore thoughts: )

 

[Beeholder36]

I have 4 hens that started laying 3 months ago. Some days I get 4 eggs, some days I get 1. On average I get 3 a day. All you can do is make sure they're happy girls, well fed, lots of water, clean coop and let them run around a few hours a day to eat grass and bugs and they'll give you all they have.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I have 4 hens that started laying 3 months ago. Some days I get 4 eggs, some days I get 1. On average I get 3 a day. All you can do is make sure they're happy girls, well fed, lots of water, clean coop and let them run around a few hours a day to eat grass and bugs and they'll give you all they have.

when you keep chickens in a more natural setting they lay less, running around burns energy, why do you think they keep them in such small cages at the factory farms, I would rather have less eggs, and more happy chickens to watch, and I'm sure everyone here would agree.

 

[Spartan22]

when you keep chickens in a more natural setting they lay less, running around burns energy, why do you think they keep them in such small cages at the factory farms, I would rather have less eggs, and more happy chickens to watch, and I'm sure everyone here would agree.

That make sense, I get less eggs when I added 120sq ft more on their run, whereas I used to get near perfect.