over easy Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 my new orpington laid an egg at between 1015 and 1045 at night earlier this week has anyone ever known this laying at night before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMitch Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I often have an egg waiting for me in the morning. Sometimes when I go to lock them up at night one of them will be in the nest box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerbluebadger Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 My lovely girls lay when the mood takes them I get eggs at anytime of the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkisland Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 In my poultry book (Keeping poultry, Victoria Roberts) it says "In total it takes 25 hours to lay an egg. This explains why hens do not lay every day, as the hen will ovulate 30 minutes after laying. If it is dark when this happens, she then misses producing an egg the next day. The hybrid hens produce eggs after a slightly shorter time, hence they lay on consecutive days for longer". So, it seems they lay a bit later every day until they lay close to dusk, then they miss a day? It seems to be the case with mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splodge88 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 One of my hens seems to definetly follow the pattern of getting later each day...not sure about the other 2 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I get eggs at any time of day too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
