As winter approaches the girls slow down on the laying, it’s a combination of shorter daylight hours (in a commercial environment they keep artificial daylight on 14 hours a day throughout the year), and them conserving energy to regrow feathers during moult.
So we’ve gone from having 5 eggs per day in summer, to having only 1.
Also, that solitary egg is scrambled and fed back to the hens for added protein. Alongside the scrambled egg and layer pellets (standard chicken feed) they also get sardines and sunflower hearts (again extra protein) plus sweetcorn before bed (because they love it and I read it keeps them warm in winter).
Basically no-one keep backyard birds to save money on eggs. (I’m an accountant, my last reckoning was that each egg is costing us about £1.38).
Please remember that no-one should value your worth based on what they can get from you. You certainly shouldn’t let their opinion be the basis on which you value yourself.
Chicken Nuggets 