Is there a certain time hens lay?

[chickenbarn-gal]

Or like afternoon or something like that? Because my hens are on a roll and I don't know when to tape...

 

[CMV]

Yes. About 25 hours after they laid last time.

Seriously- each hen is different.

Tape?

 

[chickenbarn-gal]

yeah, record... With a digital recorder.. (Don't know why I said tape)

 

[Ohhhdear]

Most will lay within an hour or so of being let out of their coop, although I usually have 3-4 eggs in the nest boxes when I set them free about 8:30 in the morning. I have 12 ISA Brown hens which started laying mid-July. I get 10-11 eggs a day, medium sized still. All of the eggs are laid by noon.

 

[mudchicken]

i am the same as ohhhdear. all eggs laid by noon, except one time one laid an egg while pearching at night. the shell was not hardened at all

 

[tuesdays chicks]

My bo was laying in the afternoon now she is laying earlier and I got an egg from her for the 4th day today for the 1st time I think her laying picked up when the pullet started laying

 

[beachchickie]

Mine start early and slowly go later and later until they skip a day. I had a RIR on the nest at 5pm. She won't lay tomorrow

 

[emmak]

My experience has been the same as Beach Chickie. They lay later and later, and then skip a day.

 

[buckeyefever]

Right now mine are laying between 11a-1:3opm. I only have 3 that are laying right now but WOW they are a noisy bunch when they get to layin'! I do love the sound and what it means, though.