Is the weather messing up your hens laying pattern?

[Jim Pryce]

They were on a roll, the past 2 weeks, but with snow & rain here in Michigan returning this week, I have gotten only 3 eggs yesterday. Prior to yesterday & the day before I was getting a dozen to dozen and a half. Does Weather mess them up?

 

[Fred's Hens]

Sounds like your birds are mis-placed Floridians or something.

No, our strain doesn't care about anything, hardly, they just lay, lay, lay.

 

[CMV]

The weather isn't messing with the birds, but it is certainly messing with me. I am sick of it being cold and rainy where I am at. No snow thankfully, but I am just about up to my armpits in mud.

Let's hope for warmer temps soon.

 

[Avalon1984]

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Well hi there fellow Michigander! I have the same problem here. My chickens went from 8 eggs a day to a mere 3 for a while. The snow/ slush we’ve been having has really hit them. Day before yesterday they laid 8 eggs and then the whole mess started all over again.

 

[Chickenpoor]

My hens dont lay as good on cloudy/rainy days as they do on sunny days.

 

[ECBW]

It seems every breed, correction every bird could have its own personality. My Black Australorp, while very docile, is easily rattled. I stopped using the AM light because daylights are long now. She went on strike for 1 week. My Production Red would not slow for anything come rain, snow, heat, hawk, fox, molt. My high strung Leghorn...

 

[Noymira]

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I hear you!!!

 

[flowergirl60]

Not messing with mine. But it is HOT here in Texas.