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I have 16 girls total: 2 x 7yrs old, 2 x 4yrs old, 3 x 2 yrs old, 4 x 1 yr old and 3 little pullets. I get between 2 and 6 eggs a day. My oldest ones only lay in the spring these days (summer gets too hot), one 4 yr old Superblue lays well, the other stopped laying for the winter, only one of the 3 year olds is still laying after this years molt, and the 4 young ones stopped for molt but started right back up afterwards (Bielefelders). Now the little pullets (Basque) have just started laying tiny eggs and I expect them to lay through the winter. That’s why I get a few new pullets every spring - they usually start laying right when everyone else winds down and we get eggs from them until next fall, at least, but often through the next winter, too. I seem to lose about 3 hens a year due to old age or hawk attack or late Mareks and so it’s been working pretty well.