post your winter laying trick here!!!

[chickalator]

everybody could use some tricks to keep there birds laying during the winter. post yours here!

 

[chickiebaby]

Our friends swear by feeding very warm - not dangerously hot - water in the a.m. So we do too. Dunno if that's why, but we do get excellent egg count almost all winter long.

 

[chickenchickenbulkbulk]

I have 2 separate coops. One has light all night..the other one doesn't. The light comes from the heat light we have on the momma and 10 chicks we have in a separate cage. The light comes out of a crack..it is enough to give the coop a good bit of light. The coop with the light..almost all of the hens are laying daily..the other coop, I am lucky to get 2 to 3 eggs. There is the same amount of hens in each cage. The light must be the answer!! We get about 2 dozen eggs a day. I hope this helps. DeeJay

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Some one one here said to spike there water with cayenne pepper. So I tried it. I had one of my 10 hens laying before. Two days after I gave it to them 4 others started laying but the one that was laying stopped. But now Im get about 12 eggs a week when I was getting 3 or 4.

 

[coopy]

Does any of these tricks bother the chickens or make them sick. Mine was laying 8-9 eggs a day. Then they cut back to 4-6 a day. Today I only got one egg. Think the light might work for me. We put a door on the coop to keep the cold out and they don't come out as much as before. I think I might try a light during the day and see if that helps.

 

[cajunlizz]

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Are you using extra light in the coop ?

 

[CK Chickadilly]

My chickens have an old horse run in & half of it is open so it gets plenty of light. We have already had 3 blizzards, & I have 8 ISA hens & between the 8 I am getting 6 eggs per day.

So I would have to say they get a lot of light & that makes them lay better for winter. Plus I give them lots of other protein type snacks & good food which I would think makes them happy & happy girls lay more eggs!

 

[cajunlizz]

What protein snacks are you giving them ?

 

[Sissy]

warm water every morning seems to keep my ladies happy and yogurt.especially vanilla only.. fussy little girls LOL

 

[gritsar]

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If you consider adding light as a "trick" then yes, there is evidence that it can be detrimental in the long run. You can do a search here on BYC about the pros and cons before you decide.