no eggs

[myfarm4579]

I got my 2 red sex links and 3blacksexlinks at the same time this past April. Since early fall the 2reds are the only ones laying.is it because of the decreased amount of daylight?

 

[annabelle12]

Shorter days can halt egg laying. So can molting. Have they molted?

 

[myfarm4579]

They don't appear to be molting

 

[aart]

First year pullets don't usually molt their first fall....maybe a soft molt, getting the rest of their adult feather.

Sometimes first year layers will lay all winter without supplemental lighting, sometimes they won't.
Older layers need 14-16 hours of light to lay regularly thru winter. Last winter I used a 40 watt incandescent light(this year I am using a CFL) that comes on early in the morning to provide 14-15 hours of light and they go to roost with the natural sundown. Last year I started the lighting increase a bit late(mid October), the light should be increased slowly, and the pullets didn't start laying until late December. Here's a pretty good article on supplemental lighting. Some folks think that using lighting shortens the years a hen will lay, I don't agree with that theory but I also plan to cull my older hens for soup at about 3 years old.