Thursday, October 29, 2009

On Strike!


Well, it must be winter time or close enough to it because our flock of urban chickens is on strike. They've laid just a single egg this week! They don't appear to be molting, so it must just be the shorter days and maybe the colder temperatures.

Somehow, I bet this ends up making it into this year's Nanowrimo story...

2 comments:

  1. Chicken laying is affected by light. Chickens actually lay based on light cycles instead of by days. If you want to "make" them lay, use artificial lights, such as a heat lamp, in their house. We actually manipulate the light the other direction - to make them NOT lay during the winter. It's healthier for them to take a break, if you don't absolutely need the eggs. :)

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  2. Oh, yes, that's what I meant by shorter days (fewer hours of daylight). Good point about taking breaks/etc.

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