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Laying in This weather?

Discussion in 'Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying' started by MonkeyZero, Nov 23, 2008.

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  1. Nov 23, 2008 #1
    MonkeyZero

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    Well my enclosure is about um 20by20 so its big. I have a large lamp hanging inside and its covered all the way. She has a parrot cage iside. Kinda like an aviary is what she has got. But she lays under the lamp, on a small nest box beneath it. its been getting cold here in cerntal Ca. I asked 2 friends and their hens stopped laying. Is something wrong with my silkie?
     

  4. Nov 23, 2008 #2
    Chicken Woman

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    How cold is it ? My girls are laying and it's been getting down in the 20's
     
  6. Nov 23, 2008 #3
    MonkeyZero

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    WOW thats cold! I believe its been getting into the 40's here.
     
  8. Nov 23, 2008 #4
    Pinky

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    It's been in the 30's/40's here and my hens are still laying when last year they stopped laying as soon as fall arrived.
     
  10. Nov 23, 2008 #5
    amysue2012

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    My trio of silkies are not in a heated building but the do have a light on 12 hours a day. I have been getting 1 egg every to every other day. Its been getting REALLY cold here in the teens the last few nights.

    I think they just do what they want to keep us on our toes. [​IMG]
     
  12. Nov 24, 2008 #6
    dancingbear

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    I don't use extra light, but mine free range.
    They lay more eggs in winter than in summer, (once past molt, anyway) because I don't have half of them on maternity leave, brooding or raising chicks all the time, like in summer.
     

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