Maintaining Egg Production During Cold Months
The fall and winter months are when hens naturally reduce their egg production, but chicken owners can use some tactics to keep hens laying all year.
If you own backyard chickens, you might have already noticed a decrease in egg production as the fall season has begun, and the daylight hours have lessened.
Hens require 12 to 14 hours of daylight to continue laying the number of eggs they lay in the spring and summer months.
Molting, which is when hens shed their feathers and grow new ones, also happens in the fall or winter.
Hens will usually stop egg production during this yearly cycle to use their energy for feather growth.
By the time their features come in, the daylight has been reduced to less than what they need for egg production, and they will often take their egg laying sabbatical until spring.
Author's summary: Tactics to maintain egg production year-round.
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