well they eat during the day only, they don't seem to eat at al during the night. i will only use light untill it starts getting at least 14 hrs of light. then they don't need it.
i use 2-five gallon buckets with 3 nipples in them, in my coop for nights then at 7:30 am i let them out of the back room and the next room has another nipple drinker and a bucket that is a 5 gallon with the top 1/3 cut off. filled with water, and that is were there food is as well, they also...