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Post Scrip everybody. If a hen goes through a molt she will stop laying eggs period until the molt is complete. Maybe someone else has found a way to get them to lay during molt?

Gootz, that's interesting, never had that problem. Only one other time did I hear of it. Years ago when we only had incandecent light bulbs (yes, ok, I'm a dinasour) a neighbor of mine used a 60 watt light to try and keep his hens laying and it wasn't bright enough for the chickens. I...

Yes you can reverse the process, turn the light on 1 hour before dark and turn off at at a time so chickens can get 8 to 10 hours sleep before daylight. Thank you for the question. Oh, by the way a timer only cost around 7 dollars to your front door. here...

Yes you can reverse the process, turn the light on 1 hour before dark and turn off at at a time so chickens can get 8 to 10 hours sleep before daylight. Thank you for the question. Oh, by the way a timer only cost around 7 dollars to your front door. here...

The short days this time of year causes birds to wait until spring to lay, Dec 21 is the shortest day of the year. This causes the hens to not lay very often it is natural for all birds. If you want to get them back into production put a light on a timer and feed them laying pellets or...