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We saw that too. But I figured out that ice cubes melted over pellets makes a cold slurry that our girls just love. Egg production went back up. Downside is adding new ice cubes every hour or so, all day long!

OK, we got some new hens today and I set up lighting in the coop on a timer. I have it set for 6 - 8 AM. That would be about 13 hours of light. The CEO, my wife, says I should taper back up to 16 hours a day. Personally, I think it would be good to go right to 16 now. What do y'all think...

Yes! Wait till I read this to my wife. I keep tellin' her....more birds.

Most of our 9 hens are a year old now, a few are older (mix of Faverolles, Marans, RIR, Golden Comet, Sagitta, Ameraucana). We have been getting 75-80% average egg production since they matured. When summer heat hit and hurt laying, we kept up egg production by icing pellets, so they would eat...