she is laying her egg at 6pm?

[sheeshshe]

is that not weird or what? its like almost dark outside and she's sitting in her nest working on her egg!

I guess I didn't think chickens would lay their eggs this late in the day!

 

[Eggs4Sale]

I have a RIR that started doing this recently. I figured it's because it's cooling down and the days are shorter. Maybe she's becoming an owl.

 

[gritsar]

I've seen my hens on the nest late in the day from time to time. I wait for them to finish and move them to the roost before I lock the coop up for the night.

 

[sheeshshe]

I thought for sure she was skipping a day for the first time... she just started laying last friday... so today is egg 7! THought it was really odd at 6ish her sitting in her nest!

 

[Dixiedoodle]

I have a RIR that lays between 5-7 every day.. I let them out to roam at that time and she always ends up rushing back to the coop and lays her egg... I had always thought chickens laid their eggs early in the morning....I found out that mine lay from 7am to 7 pm -most being laid around noon....GO figure..

 

[gumpsgirl]

My Welsummers always layed their eggs in the evening time. Don't know why, but that's what they did.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Mine seem to lay either late morning or early afternoon.

 

[sheeshshe]

this is so neat! lots of these hens laying in the evening

 

[gottalovemychickens]

my duck lays at about 8 pm then goes to sleep , and 3 of my hens lay really late , like around 9-10 pm

 

[emvickrey]

My AO tends to lay her eggs in the evening. Most mornings there is an egg in her nest. My neighbors seem to lay at night too. When I go out to make sure everybody is tucked in I can hear the neighbors hen announcing her egg.