Sunny Days = More eggs?

[Elphaba2140]

I just wanted to know if anyone else is seeing this pattern or if you have had chickens laying longer than a couple of months if this is true. My oldest girls started laying in August and since it was summer I didn't notice much difference from day to day. Now that we are getting some cold and cloudy days on a regular basis I am seeing a pattern. On sunny days I get 6-9 eggs. On cloudy days I get maybe 2-3. What can you tell me about this?

 

[Judy]

Hmmm, I wonder if this is how it works. For sure they lay less as the days get shorter, so it kinda makes sense.

 

[7L Farm]

Could be. But may have to do with the breed, Reason being the weather here has been cloudy ,wet off & on for a few days & I'm still getting the same amount of eggs .

 

[tuesdays chicks]

I haven't noticed if it was cloudy when my girls take their day off I'll try to pay attention, its fairly easy for me since I only have 2 out of 4 laying at the moment, but I usually get eggs 2 days then day off so It probably has nothing to do with the weather, but who knows it might.

 

[bills]

Light stimulates laying, so it would seem normal that a clear sunny day would produce more eggs. The cloudy days are reducing the light hours as well I would imagine vs the sunnier ones. 15-16 hours of light per day is ideal for egg production. Wait till mid winter, and I bet your production really slows, unless you use artificial lighting..

 

[CMV]

I had just made the same observation in my girls. We've had some lousy weather of late and after several days of no sun I realized I was getting fewer and fewer eggs. The day after the first sunny day in a week I got 14 eggs compared to the 6 I got the day before that. Nothing else changed except the weather.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

One day of heavy overcast doesn't affect my birds too much. Three days or more and I begin to notice. Especially if the temperature plunges along with it.