Hens not laying, detailed facts inside. Update inside 3/24

[sune42]

I just wanted to update this. It was suggested to me that I may have an egg eater, because I have heard what sounded like the egg song.

So today I set a trap. I placed an egg that I had out in the nest box. I figured if it disappeared I would next fill it with pepper or dye to catch the one doing it. Apparently all they needed was a reminder of why they are here. I caught a buff in the next box on top of the egg, not in front. So I went out about half an hour later and pulled a still warm egg from the box. The trap egg is still there and whole.

So very happy.

 

[tuesdays chicks]

has it warmed up in kentucky yet, your egg might just do the trick in getting them to lay, I'm in florida so it is warm here all my chickens are laying even my ee pullets started laying young, I gave 2 pullets to a friend down the road from here the same age as mine and they haven't started yet, think 1 egg layer starts a chain reaction.

 

[sune42]

Forgive me if I am wrong, but I was under the impression that weather didn't have as much to do with it as the amount of light they got? It's not super warm here yet, but we can tell spring is on the way.

 

[FireTigeris]

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Correct its photo period not temperature.

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

Glad to hear they are off strike and back to work

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[Arielle]

I wonder if this is related. . . .Talked to Meyer hatchery today about my turkey order (already have my chicks) and they said that the turkeys are NOT laying well this year and they are behind by thousands of eggs/poults. I wonder if weather does sometimes play a role in laying with daylight being the primary factor. GL

 

[FireTigeris]

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Well it would require a MASSIVE effort, and I would help- but we could track:

change in barometric pressure in 24 hours (midnight to midnight)

to

eggs output per day (midnight to midnight)

to

eggs expected/maximum per day (number of layers - broody or raising birds)

if we find evidence that barometric pressure effects rate of lay, the hatcheries might want the info to make pressure barriers in their operations.

To be cost effective however the rate of lay would have to change dramatically for an equally small barometric pressure change.