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  1. thetomas

    do heat lamps affect laying?

    thanks again for the responses - its hard to believe 2 years is "old" for a chicken that's gonna live 10-15 years! Ah well. I am thinking to add a few this year - any input on how old the new ones need to be to get introduced to the "herd"? I don't know if the existing hens will pick on...
  2. thetomas

    do heat lamps affect laying?

    thank you for the responses I did not know what the lowest safe temp is for chickens we get below zero here many nights over winter - they do like to roost under the lamps (3 hens and a rooster) and now that the heat lamps are off, they all pile into the covered litter box that I was using as...
  3. thetomas

    do heat lamps affect laying?

    I used 2 heat lamps in my coop this winter (one red and one clear) and have only collected 3 eggs this spring, all from one hen, all about a month ago. I'm wondering if leaving heat lamps on at night messes up their sense of shortening/lengthening daylite? now that they're off completely, they...
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