Tornadoes good for egg laying?

[Mtnboomer]

So tonight I locked the gsls up and checked for eggs to find 8 eggs from 9 hens! The non-layer hasn't laid since last fall, is the oldest of the group, and slated for the freezer asap. But anyways, we have been getting 5 a day from the same 9 hens now for about 3wks. I know there are spikes here and there which this very well may be, but, by coincidence or not, today we had a Tornado warning issued. We never saw the twister but it was a wild ride through the T-storm we did get.

What are yall's thoughts/experience with egg production and bad weather? Instincts tell me it should go down but apparently that's not always the case?

 

[featheredplanets]

I think it’s coincidental. Egg production does go down in the darker winter months due to the low light hours. And it increases in spring, summer when daylight increases. Most poultry need 14+ daylight hours to produce eggs. Other than light, they won’t stop just because it’s snowing or lay more because there’s a heatwave. Extreme weather can cause stress, which can result in egg decline. That’s all I’m aware of with eggs and weather though.

 

[Mtnboomer]

I think it’s coincidental. Egg production does go down in the darker winter months due to the low light hours. And it increases in spring, summer when daylight increases. Most poultry need 14+ daylight hours to produce eggs. Other than light, they won’t stop just because it’s snowing or lay more because there’s a heatwave. Extreme weather can cause stress, which can result in egg decline. That’s all I’m aware of with eggs and weather though.

Yeah, ive seen all the same things too. We don't get tornadoes regularly or severe weather like that so was curious about it

 

[aart]

Would be pretty hard to track enough birds long enough to come to any quantifiable conclusions....but changes in barometric pressures can affect animals.

Isn't fishing supposed to be better during those changes?
Might be another 'wives'(fishers?) tale.

 

[Mtnboomer]

Would be pretty hard to track enough birds long enough to come to any quantifiable conclusions....but changes in barometric pressures can affect animals.

Isn't fishing supposed to be better during those changes?
Might be another 'wives'(fishers?) tale.

Fishing is better in the rain, at least it has been for me.
We had snow on the ground this morning. We'll see if a 42 degree temperature drop in 4 hrs does anything.