Light vs. No Light

How many of you run a light to stimulate egg production throughout the winter? What do you run (watts) and if I am correct it should be 14 hours of light?

Mine have started to slack off a little now that the days are getting longer and am wanting to keep them goind through the winter.

Sheila

I hang a short string of little christmas lights and set the timer from when ever dusk is to 9 or 10 at night. (I tried to set it for the morning, but the rooster woke up too early and started to crow)

What a great idea. Adds light and a little romantic ambiance (SP?)! Will keep that idea in mind.

Sheila

Hens lay best when the temperature is between 45 and 80 degrease. When the weather gets much colder or much warmer, production slows down. All hens stop laying in winter, not because the weather turns cold, but because daylight hours falls below 14, hens may stop laying until spring.

I always put a 60 watt bulb on from 6 pm(about sunset) until 9 or 10 at night. This helps the daylight factor and keeps the small ones warm! : )

Hope I helped!

Alex

This message was edited Oct 3, 2008 1:46 PM