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[Daphne]

If I get some POL hybrids in early November am I likely to get eggs in December, given the short daylight hours? If not, when do you think they will start laying?

[Purplemaniacs]

Hybrids tend to lay all winter for their first winter, so I would think that once they have reached maturity they will start to lay even though the days will be short.

 

You may find that they will lay the next winter too.

 

Since having my chooks I have always had to buy some eggs in the winter except for the hybrids first winter. This was a bit of a shock as I thought hybrids laid all year.

 

What type of hybrids are you going to get?

 

Chrissie

[Daphne]

Thanks Chrissie - this is very encouraging

 

I'm not sure yet, I think my choice will be limited as its so late in the year. It will be my first time owning hybrids, although I'm used to being around them. In an ideal world I'd have differently coloured ones

[pam771771]

I have had my hybrids for over a year and they all laid all through the winter. In fact I have always usually had 3 eggs a day, occasionally 2. Wondering what might happen next winter p.s. I only have 3 Chickens

[Beantree]

Don't know if you already have chickens and are adding to the flock with hybrids Pam. Just be aware of immunisations with hybrids. If they are you take a big risk mixing them with Pedigrees.

[Chickabee]

When you get the birds ask if they are already laying. If they're not you might not get eggs for a while. Not sure if it makes a difference that your in Portugal though, do you tend to get more daylight hours than us in old blighty anyway? Btw did you get rid of the pigeon?

[Daphne]

Well yes its a bit odd, something to do with the degree of latitude or longitude I think (we are very far west), but although the UK and Portugal are on the same time in the winter it gets dark here at least an hour later than it does in the UK and conversely it gets darker earlier than the UK in the summer.

 

However, I am enquiring about hybrids for a UK winter, we'll have to see what happens

 

And about the pigeon - not a happy tale I'm afraid. Eventually the owner got in touch with us and said he'd send a courier. Nothing happened and I continued feeding it. One morning there was a rumpus overhead and 2 birds were mobbing a large raptor (probably a kite). Coincidentally there was no sign of the pigeon for his breakfast

 

The pigeon was not seen again, but I found a few single feathers. I was trying to tell myself that he might have preened them out, but when I found some of his underfeathers (they were sprayed blue) even I had to admit defeat. I felt I'd let him down for a bit, but managed to rationalise it by telling myself he'd had a fortnight of food, company and freedom. If his owner had collected him when he said he would, then none of this would have happened.

[The Dogmother]

If they are already laying, or just about to lay when you buy them, then you are likely to get eggs in December. If they aren't laying yet, and still have pale faces, then you're not likely to get eggs before Christmas.

 

If we have a dark winter, then forget having many eggs at all!

[Chickabee]

I reckon that pigeon had a wonderful couple of weeks with you. Not in a cage , food on tap. It would have been a very quick death, and all part of nature. Better than having it's poor neck wrung after being starved in a box on it's long journey home