scheduled to lay in LATE FALL..will I have to waut til Spring?

[chickie<3]

My chicks were hatched on June 2...so they should start laying in 24 weeks which puts us in October November in NY...will I have to wait until spring? Is it true they don't lay when it's cold out?

 

[melodylee]

Mine didn't wait, they always had a heat light I'm not sure if that helped probably depends on your weather...I was trudging through snow to collect eggs last winter and still got eggs

 

[Kittymomma]

It's not the cold, it's the decrease in daylight. I got eggs all winter with no extra light, but production increased a lot with the longer days of Spring. I like to give the girls a break and stick with the natural cycle but many people add a light to their coops to simulate a 14 hour day and keep the girls at or near peak production.

 

[chickie<3]

YAYYYYYY!!!! My first 2 chickens and and anxiously anticipating my first eggs.

 

[NewHen]

My oldest chicks are from late March and we got our first egg today! Totally, wasn't expecting it! Still, we plan to use the coop light in the winter...

 

[JMPE]

My chicks were born last August and we started seeing eggs in December and January (in Wisconsin).

 

[sourland]

Depends somewhat upon the breed, but you should get eggs late Autumn.