When do chickens lay?

[bantyhen]

My hens lay all day.

 

[SunAndDirt]

I have one girl that gets her job done before she goes out to play. The rest wait until I leave for work. I'm pretty sure it's an insurance policy- I have to visit them a few times a day if they don't all lay at once

 

[DawnMarie64]

Mine just started laying (1 of the 5) eggs; we found the first one in the afternoon and the next one in the morning. I was so excited I broke the first one.

 

[Mr Pilo]

My Red Rhode Island is 6 months and lay two eggs the other day; not in the nest box, it's been almost a week and I've been looking all over my backyard and no luck is this normal?

 

[Mr Pilo]

Do i need to keep a light inside the coop? I have read something like that? .???

 

[iamfivewire]

Ours were a little random at first, but now 4 production reds lay one each daily in the morning - usually before 10 am
Had a couple of them lay some soft-shell in the evening when they first started , but all have been fine & normal & consistant for the past couple weeks since first egg at end of july.
One of our EE just laid her first egg today @430 - usually let them out by noon'ish to free-range - our young roo "escorted" her back to the coop to do the deed

 

[lesgo54]

My birds are laying anywhere from 9 am to 3 pm

 

[Chickenwolf]

It depends on the chicken
Most of mine lay in the morning (20) and (7) in the afternoon
I have 27 hens and 3 roosters
I also have 5 pulletd I am waiting for to start laying

 

[DawnMarie64]

It depends on the chicken
Most of mine lay in the morning (20) and (7) in the afternoon
I have 27 hens and 3 roosters
I also have 5 pulletd I am waiting for to start laying

Holy Cow!!! 20? That's allot. I should have gotten more hens when I first got them. But this is my first "flock" so I'm still new at this.

 

[racinchickins]

Isa's in the morning and Welsummers in the afternoon-evening

Interesting. My Welsummers are the last to lay from my flock too.