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Enough said, I thought I sounded snarky! Nothing to apologize for. Enjoy your birds.

oldhenlikesdogs, I meant no disrespect to your method of chicken keeping. Many people do the same as you! I just wanted to say that my hens never didn't molt because of the light etc. My method always has worked for me, but yours is fine also. Wishing you all the best.

I have always kept a light on to make 14 hours in the fall/winter. My chickens have always molted at their own pace regardless & started laying again in a month or so after they started molt. They never "wait until spring" & any chickens that slow down egg laying seem to pick up shortly after...

You do not need heating lamps for chickens, in fact they are a fire hazard.

Got down to 3 last night. All guineas & chickens doing fine except they are waiting for me to dig the snow out of their pens! The guineas have no water heater, so fresh water was taken out. My water heater in the chickens that I complained about freezing up under 15, actually stayed liquid...