Hot Weather + No Eggs?

[Atlchick]

It's 90-95 degrees here in Atl. Can this high heat be a reason my girls are not laying this week?

 

[kuntrygirl]

It's 95 degrees here on some days and I may get 3 eggs and I have about 30 laying hens. I often wondered the same thing. Curious to hear what others have to say.

 

[Ridgerunner]

You should look at this link to see what factors might be affecting your hens. It could be a sign that something is wrong, but my guess is that the heat is stressing your hens.

http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/2902/2902-1097/2902-1097.pdf

I'll emphasize the point. While I think it is just the heat, I'm not there looking at your hens. It could be a warning sign that something is wrong.

Good luck!

 

[Katy]

The heat can definately be a factor in them not laying as much....mine always slow down when summer hits.

 

[NarutoTn]

lately ive been getting about adozen eggs a day.yeaterday it really hot an i found four eggs?

 

[mbrown]

We also went from about 16 eggs a day to about 3. It has to be the heat (I'm in Florida and it's been in the triple digits); they clamped up as soon as summer hit! My ducks too.

 

[kuntrygirl]

It was sorta cool on yesterday and I got 19 eggs. The heat index was in the 100's today and I only got 3 eggs. Must be the heat. We will have about 2 days of 104 degree heat here in Louisiana this week. I'm NOT looking forward to that.