Does their egg production drop off a lot after their second and third year? I know they dont lay much to begin with but...
can't answer how they lay after a year. I have 4 silkies. I get two eggs a day from them and I'm pretty sure only two of them are laying. One of them has never laid and another one has just finished going through a broody spell sho shouldn't start laying for a little while longer now. I wasn't expecting them to be good layers but it seems that at least 3 of my 4 are.
Mine are 2 years old now and I still get 2-3 eggs a week from each of them (at least). They do go broody, a lot, so that does interfere with their laying. But, mine are ornamental more than for eggs, so it's not a big deal for me.
