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Thanks for the suggestion, I am trying this today. Hey, thanks for trying!! ;-] My oldest pullets are nearly 44 weeks old, and the youngest are 24.5 weeks old.

I hope you see the humor in stating an answer that says; "sometimes there is no answer". Why say anything then?

Aart, over the course of this winter my water system has frozen 6 times...it's tough thinking that one had any more effect than the others, because all of the others had no effect on their laying.

I can't free range, unfortunately. My 3 dogs (the youngest was 8 when she first met a chicken...they are squeaky toys), Fishers, Owls, Red Tail Hawks, Wolves, Coyote...too many threats in my bush to free range. The water did freeze (not the first time), but it was only frozen for less than 1/2...

Forgive me, but up here we buy Meat Bird Grower, or Chick Starter, they are 2 different things...can you clarify what you said?

I have had a light in since fall...??? I did it last year and it worked fine.

Thanks, that makes sense the way you say it, but it was not something I had thought about...doh!

About 5 weeks ago I was getting 15 eggs a day out of some 30 odd laying pullets (older than 28 weeks). Then we had a severe cold snap and egg laying more or less stopped, 5 eggs a day. The cold snap ended and I was down to 2 eggs a day. Now I have a 31 week old pullet who has gone broody, I...