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Yes, I'm sure there is a moderate approach to artificial lighting. For example, you could make sure the daylight isn't less than 14 hours, OR anymore than that. Some that use the 16-18 hour schedule, to me, are asking for trouble. If you are a commercial operation, I'm sure you would choose the...

I read a scientific study about it, but I'll have to see if I can find it again. dlunicorn may have it in her links. Diana?? I'm not stating opinion, but telling you about an actual study with conclusions. Lots of opinions out there, certainly.

I have a heatlamp that comes on over the waterer on the extremely cold nights, just to keep it from freezing solid. It's 125 watt lamp. It's not near the roost and I hang it right over the waterer, pretty low, so the light doesn't affect them at all.

Hey, it's an excuse to get more chickens to make up for the reduced output in winter!

Just know that there are serious downsides to providing artificial light during winter to keep them producing at a high rate. That has been linked to reproductive cancers in hens. They may lay like gangbusters for a couple of years, but you could be severely shortening their lives. I did it the...