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Quote: Laying is triggered by the length of the day, but just being outdoors or even just having a light on indoors works, the hens don't have to be in direct sun. Access to sunlight does help chickens synthesize Vitamin D, but laying rations are supplemented with this anyway. Raccoons can...

Don't sweat it! A chicken run doesn't absolutely have to have any part of it in direct sunlight. If your summers are hot, you'll really be grateful of the shade in your run, because as the other commenter noted, chickens can handle cold far better than heat (they come with down jackets that they...