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    ok folks educate me before I go crazy

    OK, I am ready to add the lights.....Now next question....I have these chickens in a chicken tractor.the enclosed area of the tractor has just enough space for the 4 nest boxes , about 3x6 walk around area with the roosts above that area. The rest of the outfit is exposed chicken wire. Now do I...
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    ok folks educate me before I go crazy

    thanks for the additional replys. Sounds like most feel it is the daylight or lack there of. I knew that happened, just didn't realize it would hit so fast. Thanks for the tip on the solar lights. I hadn't thought about that. I don't know why. I have my house on 5.3k of solar tied into the grid...
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    ok folks educate me before I go crazy

    The link doesn't work....but will try to search for the threads....I'm sure there are threads that discuss this, just found the site so havn't searched anything yet. Didn't have the time right now for the required reading. But will eventually get to it. tks for the reply
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    ok folks educate me before I go crazy

    Well, I guess that could be it.....but we still have a good 11-12 hours of daylight....from 7:30a until about 7:15pm. Just seems a little quick for them to all shut down at the same time. Now they are very young....just short of 8 months old and only started laying for their first time the first...
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    ok folks educate me before I go crazy

    The duck that is still laying is a Pekin.....the ones that stopped all the same day are Rouens.....The chickens can't hide eggs, no place to hide them that I can't see. their roaming area is only 6x7. Plus they were all laying in the nest boxes until the day they decided to quit......got only...
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    ok folks educate me before I go crazy

    Just joined the forum, looking for some help. I thought I knew enough to do this....evidently there are some empty spaces in my brain about chickens and ducks. I have 5 young female ducks and one male....the females were all laying....I also have 8 chicken hens one rooster of mixed breeds that...
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