[Crazyboutdaanimals]

hi is it normal for my pekin hen to lay every other day, i know she lays quite late (it was about 2 yday) but none of the other chooks do.

[jaykay]

Yes, many traditional breeds lay every other day, especially once they're no longer pullets. Every other day is what most of my hens do  Hybrids often lay every day, but they don't live so long. What are your other hens?

[in the hills]

Peekins are not really classified as layers, more ornamentals, if you look in most poultry books. They tend to lay and then quite often stop and go broody. I have some pure peekins that are mixed colour and they are really good layers and lay nearly every day in the spring and summer. Last year I hatched some pure colour peekins but was told not to expect as many eggs from those.They are laying well so far and are beautiful birds to look at but we shall see!

We have RIRs and hybrids as our main egg layers.

I think that there is a 25 hour cycle to produce an egg. Mine tend to lay a little later each day and then miss a day and begin again. Or so it seems 

[jaykay]

ITH you're right about the 25 hour thing. They keep going, an hour later each day, til they reach dark and stop. At this point they'd have a clutch and start sitting, if only we humans didn't nick the eggs.

  The automatic 'corrector' on my computer corrected 'have a clutch' to ' have a scotch' - just has images of hens pouring themselves a stiff one, it having got dark and them having worked hard laying a clutch 

[Crazyboutdaanimals]

i have two pekins and 6 pekin x silkies, although the one that lays every other is a pek x silk, i for got to type that  , i also have ex bats for the main egg production as they produce medium eggs...