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It would help you to research the science behind why the hens need a minimum amount of light to stay on lay, Cliff Notes version: Light stimulates the optical nerves in a hens eye that triggers the hormone production needed to lay eggs, so your target time for light is a continuous period of...

A 15 watt bulb is all you need for the hens to continue laying in a small backyard flock coop, I have ten Isa Browns and use a 5am on 7 pm off timer and they continue to average 9 eggs daily. New LED bulbs have come down in price considerably and the 60W output variations consume roughly the...

20* daytime temps here, teens at night have 9 eggs today with my late morning /early afternoon girl in the box right now bringing me the 10th one I have 10 Isa Browns that lay every day with lighting on at 5am and off again at 6:30pm.

I would expect 5 hens to consume at least a 1/4 gallon of water or more daily.

Thanks again for the information, turns out what I actually found as Martin's is a specialty butcher shop up the road and we now have some pork coming for the freezer! And Roland's is just a little farther from them so should make for a full freezer heading that way, appreciate everyone that...

Thank you for the reply I had found them yesterday and left a message hopefully will hear back

Can anyone recommend a good processor close to South Bend they are happy with? I've got a meat bird flock going to be ready in 4 weeks or so and just found out the place we used to use is no longer in business.