Re: How many fewer eggs in UK winter?
From: Jill. (news_at_REMOVETHISkintaline.co.uk)
Date: 11/06/04
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Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 09:47:00 -0000
usenet@isbd.co.uk wrote:
> How much does one expect chickens to slow down on the egg laying front
> in the winter in the UK?
how long is a piece of string:~))
It depends
- breed
- strain
- age
- rearing
- feeding
- location
- weather
- artificial lighting
- individuals
:~))))
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.
So they are having less than 10 hours of daylight per day
The hybrids are bred to fit in with a controlled 16 hour light cycle and an
ideal low stress environment but their intensive breeding for production
will probably mean they will lay in spite of less than ideal conditions [the
outside world:~)
The wyandottes will probably need at least 14 hours so may trickle a bit
through the winter but come in strongly in the spring.
If we get a bright cold winter and you can give htem lights you wil get more
If you get a wet dark winter and no lights and low protein they could easily
give up altogether :~)
-- regards Jill Bowis Pure bred utility chickens and ducks Housing; Equipment, Books, Videos, Gifts Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery Holidays in Scotland and Wales http://www.kintaline.co.uk
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