Re: How many fewer eggs in UK winter?

From: Jay (j_green156_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 11:42:01 -0000

<usenet@isbd.co.uk> wrote in message news:2uum1jF2ek5qdU2@uni-berlin.de...
> How much does one expect chickens to slow down on the egg laying front
> in the winter in the UK? We're in East Anglia so not that much
> farther North than London. Our chickens live mostly outdoors and we
> open their door about 07:00 most mornings and they're out and about
> until about 16:30 or 17:00 at the moment. It'll get an hour or so
> less in the middle of winter I guess.
>
My eight (various breeds) have jsut finished their second year of laying.
All but one seems to have stopped now. Interestingly the one that is still
laying is the one who sat on and hatched eggs in the summer. She stayed with
the chicks till they were about 8 weeks or so so had quite a time off.
I think they all stopped at about this time last year as well. They started
laying again early in January.

I also have ten new pullets - about twenty weeks old. One or two are just
starting to lay and I've had one egg 7 out of the past 9 days.

> These are new chickens this year, we've had them since May or so, 6
> hybrids and a pair of Wyandottes.
>
> We're not desperate for the maximum number of eggs but it would be
> good to know what to expect so we know if anything is seriously amiss.

I've been getting a bit desparate as I hate having to buy eggs.

Regards
Jay
>
> --
> Chris Green

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