What time of day to hens lay?

I'm a newbie myself, but I hear that changing homes (and a variety of other things) can stress out the hens which causes them to stop laying temporarily. Should pick up again. I'm not sure where you live vs. where they came from, but heat is a big factor too.
Good luck to you!

 

The problem is that they are stressed from moving. Chickens hate change, so a change of address can throw them off lay for up to a month. Once they start they will lay whenever they want. I have some that lay in the morning and some that lay in the afternoon. If they have a good idea of where home is then they will sometimes stop free-ranging, return to the coop, and lay in their nesting boxes. But then again, sometimes they won't stop free-ranging and you'll be hunting through the tall grass for hidden eggs.

Good luck.

 

Mine lay all times during the day. Since an egg takes 26 hours to complete the development, they lay a little later each day until they skip a day entirely and lay early again. At least that's the way things have been going. It's good that way because I get to gather the day eggs and when DH comes home from work, he gets to have fun.

 

My hens lay aneyware between 11:00-3:00.

 

Quote:This has been my experience as well. With them usually being done by early afternoon.

 

I gather from what I read that your girls have settled into their coop. Are their combs nice and red? Once they seem happy you should get eggs.

 

My girls have to spend the day inside and I let them out for two to three hours in the evening. My yard couldn't take much more . But days when I have let them out all day they will go back in an lay on the floor of the coop, in to much hurry I guess. also my husband came home (works) out of town and he put more straw in their boxes , they didn't like it and layed on the floor for that one. I am also a newbie but they do not like change everyone is right, so yes you might have a long wait. It will be worth it.

 

Its the stress, it take take anywhere from a few week to over a month for them to start laying again. Since an egg take about 26 hours to be laid there is no set time your hens will lay. Because every day it will be a little later, then when it gets too late they skip the day and lay the next morning. Starting the circle over again.