How long is too long for molting?

[Cindilou]

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I give them extra protein too. Things like yogurt with eggshells, eggs etc. I will occasionally sneak some cat food out there as well.

 

[Sissy]

yes great idea I forgot about the catfood
I did use that when we ran out of feed for them i will toss
in a few handsfull into their feed bin.

 

[saladin]

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I see you are in the South. Do you get 0 eggs in the winter?
They stopped in the middle of summer, not a slow down, a stop during the longest periods of the day. Maybe it's the heat of Florida.

It depends on the breed. Orientals typically lay in the Winter and that is what I keep most of. Games on the other hand typically don't start laying until around March (sometimes earlier but not often): thus, Nov-Feb is when we get Oriental eggs while other breeds like the Games supply us with eggs at other times. I seldom get an egg during our summer months.

 

[Cindilou]

Back to the original question:
Are early and long time molters going to be bad layers overall?

What's your experience?