Number of eggs

[oldchickenlady]

I have a mixed flock of 8 hens that are a year old (6 BO' and 2 RIR's) and
6 SLW's from this spring (March 5). The SLW's started laying at 3.5 months,
much earlier than my older hens, and they are outlaying the
older hens 2:1. The older hens lay bigger eggs, but the younger hens lay
way more eggs. Anyone else experience this?

 

[Mahonri]

Sounds typical to me.

I'm just trying to work my way through this heat (hens have almost completely quit laying).... it's about to kill us this year.