hens slowing production

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My layers egg production is dropping and my 20 hens are now down to only 4 eggs a day. Anyone else seeing a drop in egg production? Most of my layers stop laying during the Winter.

I'm assuming a snake hasn't been back eating eggs but I am not SURE. I have been covering all the snake access points I can find, but I'm sure that small snakes can still get in. I would think that most snakes have been looking for their Winter hibernation dens this time of year?
 
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Well maybe for a few of the older hens, but I was getting a dozen a day about a month ago. Just seems like they are slowing sooner I expected this year. Maybe I should find out who the slackers are and convert them into roasters? LOL

cattitude said:
Henopause :shrug:
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No kidding - the cost of feed for my crew is about $15 a week. They ought to be standing in line to give me hugs in exchange for their feed all Winter .... :huggy: - speaking of hugs, some of the girls that used to run now let me catch them - seems they LIKE being held and hugged/petted :yay:

Cowgirl said:
Mine are slowing too. Freeloaders.
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It's because of the shorter day length. If they have a coop, put a light in there on a timer to simulate summer day length, on at 5AM and off at 8PM or something. That's what I did when I had hens many moons ago.
 
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Yup I know - I try to keep them "natural" though - so don't use lights in the Winter. Figured they'd be healthier that way? Not sure it matters?

GWguy said:
It's because of the shorter day length. If they have a coop, put a light in there on a timer to simulate summer day length, on at 5AM and off at 8PM or something. That's what I did when I had hens many moons ago.
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ArkRescue said:
Yup I know - I try to keep them "natural" though - so don't use lights in the Winter. Figured they'd be healthier that way? Not sure it matters?
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Think about all those eggs that aren't being passed, just backing up in the hen!! Pretty soon the hen will explode from egg-backup!







waiting for the obvious pun to follow....
 
cattitude

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GWguy said:
Think about all those eggs that aren't being passed, just backing up in the hen!! Pretty soon the hen will explode from egg-backup!







waiting for the obvious pun to follow....
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Don't know about a pun...but I wonder how you might know about the "backup" phenomenon. :wink:


Could it be because you no longer have a hen?
 
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Chicken Facts

On average, a hen lays 300 eggs per year.

Nine egg yolks have been found in one chicken egg.

A mother hen turns her egg approximately 50 times in a day. This is so the yolk does not stick to the shell.

To produce a dozen eggs, a hen has to eat about four pounds of feed.

The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell.

A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs.

A chicken is 75% water.

In the U.S., approximately 46% of the chicken that is eaten by people comes from restaurants or other food outlets.

Hens will produce larger eggs as they grow older.

A chicken loses its feathers when it becomes stressed.

A chicken once had its head cut off and survived for over eighteen months, headless.

Amazing Chicken Facts | Strange Chicken Facts | Funny Chicken Facts
 
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ArkRescue said:
My layers egg production is dropping and my 20 hens are now down to only 4 eggs a day. Anyone else seeing a drop in egg production? Most of my layers stop laying during the Winter.

I'm assuming a snake hasn't been back eating eggs but I am not SURE. I have been covering all the snake access points I can find, but I'm sure that small snakes can still get in. I would think that most snakes have been looking for their Winter hibernation dens this time of year?
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Could be stress from roving packs of feral cats
 
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GWguy said:
Think about all those eggs that aren't being passed, just backing up in the hen!! Pretty soon the hen will explode from egg-backup!







waiting for the obvious pun to follow....
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For eggsample...

You crack me up.

hahaha... that's all yolks!
 
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oh my
 

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