Lack of eggs

[Mojodoodlecomet]

I have 34 birds of different breeds but most are heavy egg layers. I get about 6-8 eggs a day. The birds are all under 3 years old. They have heated water and food 24/7. A large run of almost an acre with a coop that is 20x30 with a lean to of the same size. Some started to molt late summer thats when i noticed the drop in egg production and with that over the numbers have stayes down. I feed tsc producers pride pellets,oyster shells,cracked corn. Last year at this time i was getting doule to more than double the eggs. Any thoughts why?

 

[hysop]

How much sun and light are they getting? Molting can take up to 3 months.

My chickens stopped laying around November and just barely slowly but surely they’ve started laying. But not all of them. Just one here and there.

 

[MountainWoman73]

I got 1 egg or 0 eggs per day from 11 hens, all under 3 years old. This persisted through most of September, October, November. I switched to feather fixer feed with extra mealworms for a month, and let them molt with no extra light. Then I put a light on at night in November, and by December they were doing 7-9 eggs a day again.

 

[Mojodoodlecomet]

How much sun and light are they getting? Molting can take up to 3 months.

My chickens stopped laying around November and just barely slowly but surely they’ve started laying. But not all of them. Just one here and there.

They are let out around six in the morning and have supplemental light at night

 

[sourland]

Your birds are a year older, and are taking a normal break in their laying cycle. They will lay again.

 

[aart]

have supplemental light at night

How are you managing the lighting..details as to when(timer settings), what(kind of light), where(over roost or...?) etc might offer a clue.

I had lights at ~13-14 hours since last summer, all birds molted so I bumped it up a month ago....and still none laid until a couple weeks after solstice.
They are ramping up now tho...got 4 yesterday.

Oh, and..... Welcome to BYC! @Mojodoodlecomet
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