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Right now I am lighting from 2 am to 8 am and the sun is up by 7. This gives them between 14 & 15 hours of light. I use a 40 watt regular bulb for an 8 by 8 coop.

So you wish to pay for feed and have less eggs each year. I add light, because my chickens are for eggs & I'm not buying their food for nothing. I too eat them or sell them after 2 years. It is not cost effective to keep them longer, not to mention no one wants them after that. It's not...

I wish someone would have told my hens that lighting delays molting. They have been taking turns molting even with the light! Lighting in winter allows the birds to eat more to keep warm. No hen is going to go through their "finite" amount of eggs in 2-3 years. All will slow down as they age...

I just put in a 40 watt bulb on August 15th when we go below 14 hours of sunlight. I start it at about an hour before sun rise and gradually turn it on longer until I get to 4 additional hours. I am not careful to turn it back 15 minutes every couple days or anything, just add 1/2 and hour...

I have been lighting my coop from August 15th until May 15th for 20 years. I started lighting because the article in Organic Gardening in 1993 told me to do it & told me everything else I needed to know for chickens. My chickens have always molted & taken their turns at "resting" in their...