Late in the day egg laying…

[RockNRollCHIX]

I have 6 pullets all 30 weeks old. 4 of them are laying, and they started at 20, 22, 25 & 26 weeks old. Still waiting on our Easter Egger and buff Orpington.
They used to get their business done by 11am at the latest, but usually by 9:30-10am.
Now I have a couple of them laying LATE in the day. It’s 2:45p and the Australorp just went into the nest box.
They act totally normal, I’m assuming it due to cooler temps and the end of daylight savings? This is our first flock.

 

[Crazy Chicken Keeper]

I have 6 pullets all 30 weeks old. 4 of them are laying, and they started at 20, 22, 25 & 26 weeks old. Still waiting on our Easter Egger and buff Orpington.
They used to get their business done by 11am at the latest, but usually by 9:30-10am.
Now I have a couple of them laying LATE in the day. It’s 2:45p and the Australorp just went into the nest box.
They act totally normal, I’m assuming it due to cooler temps and the end of daylight savings? This is our first flock.

A lot of my hens lay late afternoon. Like, my two orpingtons, 19 months and 2.2 years. Usually at 2-3

 

[kattabelly]

They generally tend to run on slightly longer than 24-hour cycle (I can't remember the exact number), so they'll gradually start to lay later in the day until at some point they skip a day and then lay early the next morning. I just had one laying after sunset at the start of this week and now she's laying first thing in the morning again.

Plus new layers are often less regular or predictable for a while.