Do Chickens lay as many eggs in the winter, as they do in the summer, or do they need extra or a special type of food?

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we just give our the same layers pellets...but on a really cold day we have given them warm porridge as a treat...as for eggs..well most do lay less some even stop ,but ours last year layed one everyday throughout winter..but this winter we are getting next to nothing....so....

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Chickens usually go off lay in the winter, not all do however.

mine are still laying everyday, being fed layer pellets and have a light on in their shed

Thanks for your help, next door has got 6 ex-battery chickens and he's not sure if they did lay all year.

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My hens and bantams ( total 15) are only laying 1 or 2 eggs daily at the moment. My 16 ducks ( not the 4 drakes) are laying 4 - 6 eggs daily.
I'm not that bothered as long as they are all in good health!
I am feeding them all layer pellets plus extra mixed corn and some bread/leftovers from my meals.

They should really stop laying or at least slow right down, this is regulated by day length more than anything. It gives their reproductive systems time to recover If they have extended day length by way of artificial lighting they will probably keep laying. However it's worth remembering that hens (just as humans) have a finite number of eggs in them and once they have been laid that is that.... so the more frequently they lay, the sooner they will stop laying as they get older.

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ours have there usual food and some warm mash or warm boilt pots . We were told that they can slow down or stop one of mine has stoped but shes going through the molting stage and they do stop then aparently as for the otheres 2 are still laying daily the other one on and off xx