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Giving a little extra feed right at dusk can certainly help. Getting extra calories in right before bed triggers the metabolism in a way that will help heat the body. This is a proven theory and used by people camping in the wilderness as well. Whether cracked corn is any better than their...

For a chicken, 30s Fahrenheit is not too cold... I think where I live that's pretty much the warmest ever gets at night year round. Again, heating and lighting are much debated and much personal preference. Generally speaking, neither is *necessary* but there are pros and cons to both. Do...

From what I understand, heat is not instrumental in getting birds to lay, however lighting is. Supposedly it's the shortening day length going into winter that triggers the slow decline in production, not colder temperatures. Depending on where you live and how extreme your winters are...