I bought the chicks when it was convenient for me. My first flock. I did the math on when each breed usually starts to lay and knew that it would be mid fall. But now that my days are are gettting shorter and shorter and I knew from reading that daylight light and temperature effects laying...
Thank you For the extra info. I think I understand the behavioral and physical indicators of laying. My question is more of how the decrease in winter daylight hours effects the maturation of their first lays when they coincide
So I am new to chickens.. My chickens will soon start laying in next couple of weeks. These are some of the shortest daylight days. How will this effect their first production of eggs? Will it change later? Will this screw them up? Should I change anything or let nature take its course ?
Oh no too one is kinda hidden under my finger. It was hard to hold all three in one hand ! I was surprised they were so big for first eggs !! I am so excited