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I am not a fan of RI reds. Lol. I pick by breeds I like and sometimes egg color, but again has to be a breed I like. I am ok with the breaks. But not sure how ok with having a 3rd that only lays a few times a year....

Think daylight getting shorter. They lay amazing when they lay though.

It is funny since I had read that and my 2 light Brahmas are one of the first to stop in like Oct and don't start again till mid Feb. Lol.

One is a buff Brahma. That is the one that laid pretty much all winter. The project Brahma that lays green is actually splash. Then I have 2 light Brahmas.

the one that laid most of the winter with only a short break and has recently stopped in a Brahma so the cold shouldn't effect her. I think she just needed a break where she didn't really stop this winter. The 2 hens are an OE and an EE. The pullet that laid 3 eggs then stopped is a pure...

Thanks. I am in MA so they are pretty cold hearty breeds. We have been having gloomy weather so not much sunlight but days are getting longer. I have had an EE, an Ameraucana (pure not EE), an OE, and a brahma stop laying. The Brahma is the one that has laid pretty much the entire winter...

Thanks. I was thinking that was it but the last 2 winters I don't remember them stopping once they started back up, but they may have. It wasn't even a "severe " cold like other places but we went down to single digits to teens at night and low to mid 20's in the day where we had been in the...

I have had chickens for 3 years. I know they stop or slow down in the winter because of light. I had 1 hen that barely took a break before starting back up. Then some pullets start between Dec/Jan. and one other Hen started back up a couple weeks ago. Like other places we had a drop...