Hey all - I posted this questions in Behaviors/Egg Laying, but didn't get any response, so hoping for some feedback here.
About when do your birds slow down/stop laying for the winter? My flock of 7 is around 4 months old, 2 are laying (one daily, one just started so sporadic), 3 more doing 'the squat', 2 don't even look mature.
The ones that are laying at Buff Orps, which I was told is a good cold-weather breed that lays during the winter. I'm wondering if, because they are so young and just going into lay right before the seasonal change, is it unlikely they will be productive during the winter?
I also have 2 EEs (Legbar/Ameraucana cross) - one is squatting, the other hasn't matured - I don't have much hope for blue eggs over the winter.