Odd egg laying

[max13077]

My chickens have been perplexing me of late with their odd egg laying patterns. Sometimes for a couple weeks there will only be an egg a day, sometimes none. Others like today there were 9, yesterday 8. There's no additional lighting in the coop. I figure I'll leave them to their natural devices. I've fed them exactly the same. I have 10 hens between 1 and 3 years old(2 BO's, 1 SLW, 2 BC, 1 SF, 1 DL, 2 DB, one mutt) and Ralph the roo. Weather has been fairly consistent although it's been warmer the last couple of days. I'm sure that had something to do with the 9 and 8 today and yesterday. But there would be swings like that when there highs in the teens and lows around 0.

Any insight?

Just curious, Thanks!

 

[buzymom13]

I'm as perplexed. We had winds and wind chills down below zero here for a few weeks. Egg production was going strong. 6 to 8 eggs a day from 11 layers...then it warmed up and got rainy for the last couple of days. We've been 3, 4 and 4 the last three days. Same feed, sme treats, only thing changed is the weather. I don't supplement w/lighting either. My chickens are 8 mths and 10 mths old...

All I can say is that I'm gonna keep feeding them as usual and wait and see. Good Luck!