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Whether you go at diminishing the light gradually or turn it off suddenly and decide to let them cry it out... either way, they will get used to the dark. It's really up to you and what you feel comfortable with. I don't think there's a right or wrong way and you aren't going to ruin them. :)...

Sounds like they need to get used to being in the dark - especially if they've always had a light on before.

Okay, Thank you!

I think you are right! I just looked at a bunch of photos of both breeds you mentioned - the New Hampshire Red looks just like my chicken. Thanks!

Help! We are trying to get our chickens registered for our kids to show at fair. This one is 11 weeks old. Our black orpington hatched eggs we got from a hatchery. They were supposed to be either cochins, white plymouth rocks, or heritage rhode island reds (that is what I ordered). To me, this...

We are getting ready to register our chickens for our kids to show at fair. Not sure if this one is a hen or roo. Neck feathers are rounded and can't really see any saddle feathers like a roo would have. This is our first white plymouth rock, so we are just learning about this breed. This one is...

We ended up with only 3 chicks. I finally candled the eggs late on day 23. Six of the eggs were not fertilized and had nothing in them (I was surprised by this because we bought eggs from a local hatchery nearby). Of the remaining: one of the eggs had a chick that had obviously died probably...

I went ahead and brought the hen into the basement on Tuesday because I felt the heat lamps weren't reliable (one was off just from the cord getting bumped a little and had come out of the receptacle ever so slightly). I was able to unscrew the nesting box from the outdoor pen, put a towel over...

I am new to this so forgive me if I am not posting this question in the correct spot. I have a hen sitting on 11 eggs that are due to hatch Wednesday. Unfortunately, our weather is going to be extremely cold the next 3 days (highs are -16F lows are -30F with windchill of -55F). Our hen is inside...