Wildheartsfarm
In the Brooder
- Jul 3, 2025
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I'm new to chicken keeping, this is my first winter. I also live in Maine and winters here are long, cold, and snowy. And dark. So I was really not expecting any eggs until March, but my chickens started laying again in December! Sporadically at first, but now it's mid-January and I am getting almost two dozen eggs a week from five hens. Is this normal?!
They have a run which they barely use because of all the snow, but their (uninsulated) coop is pretty big with lots of windows and skylights to get them natural light during the short days. (It is under a tree so in the summer it is fully shaded. I put those opaque PVC plastic panels on the roof for skylights and cover the hardware cloth windows with plastic in winter to keep out snow.)
They have a run which they barely use because of all the snow, but their (uninsulated) coop is pretty big with lots of windows and skylights to get them natural light during the short days. (It is under a tree so in the summer it is fully shaded. I put those opaque PVC plastic panels on the roof for skylights and cover the hardware cloth windows with plastic in winter to keep out snow.)
