Still no Eggs

[Tonyroo]

We have a batch of chickens of similar breeds. We have 11 hens in that group and we are getting between 8-12 eggs/day. But we are in Northern California in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It drops into the high 30’s 40’s at some night. But is high 50’s to low 70’s during the day. Your girls need 8-12 hours of daylight. So if it’s overcast with you that will also affect their laying. We have lights in their run and coops. We have two large coops with heating panels. We have 25 birds total. Twenty chickens, 4 ducks and one large Embden goose named Tony. Our coops are also fully insulated, and have insulated vinyl windows. When I built them I wanted to be able to walk in them without being hunched over. Everything else followed from there.

Our neighbors have chickens but they don’t get the volume of eggs we get. They’re still getting eggs this winter. Their birds are I think 4 months older. But their run and coop are different. Not insulated and I didn’t not think they do the same with lighting as we do. Hope this helps.

I forgot how big a goose can get, thank you for the pictures, nice chickens too.

 

[CandCChicks]

We have a batch of chickens of similar breeds. We have 11 hens in that group and we are getting between 8-12 eggs/day. But we are in Northern California in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It drops into the high 30’s 40’s at some night. But is high 50’s to low 70’s during the day. Your girls need 8-12 hours of daylight. So if it’s overcast with you that will also affect their laying. We have lights in their run and coops. We have two large coops with heating panels. We have 25 birds total. Twenty chickens, 4 ducks and one large Embden goose named Tony. Our coops are also fully insulated, and have insulated vinyl windows. When I built them I wanted to be able to walk in them without being hunched over. Everything else followed from there.

Our neighbors have chickens but they don’t get the volume of eggs we get. They’re still getting eggs this winter. Their birds are I think 4 months older. But their run and coop are different. Not insulated and I didn’t not think they do the same with lighting as we do. Hope this helps.

Very nice coop! Thank you for the info!

 

[Flockincrazy]

If it is winter where you are the days are not long enough for them to lay when it warms up they will start to lay mine are over a yr and have totally stopped laying

 

[Cindy in PA]

I have had Wyandottes 3 times over the years & the 2 April batches laid at 20-22 weeks & my last bunch hatched 8/29 & the first of them started laying 2/5 last year at 23 weeks. I never understand these birds that don't lay until 30+ weeks unless they are a specialty show bird.

 

[WhySayWhat]

Maybe look at what you're feeding them? I have 13 chickens, only 12 lay though. My 13th pullet (I'm 99% sure she's a she) is a scissorbeaked gal that struggles just to keep her weight on. I feed her a wet mash daily because she can't seem to manage the dry feed, even when I buy crumbles instead of pellets. They were hatched late April 2021, so are 40 weeks old...and she's never laid an egg. We call her our "pet chicken" because she doesn't "produce" like the rest, lol.