Haybaler72
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Our austrolorp chicky seems to lay an egg in the evening around dusk. Do chickens prefer day or night??? Do anyone else's hens have a certain time they prefer??
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How old is this bird?Our austrolorp chicky seems to lay an egg in the evening around dusk. Do chickens prefer day or night??? Do anyone else's hens have a certain time they prefer??
Shes about 7 months oldHow old is this bird?
New layers can take some time to find their 'schedule'.
Most mine are done laying by about 2pm, most days.
It varies tho, because....
It takes about 25 hours for an egg to form, a new ova is released shortly after an egg is laid.
A new egg could be laid approximately every 25-26 hours, so an hour or so later every day until one is laid late in the day and another ova might not be released until the following day, so a day off. BUT..very hen is different and only time will tell what a particular hen/pullets schedule might be. Not every hen/pullet lays every day..some only lay a few a week.
I think it's explained in this excellent video, which is worth watching regardless: