broken eggs under roost!

[ebbykay]

Would adding a light with a timer give them longer time to lay instead of dropping them from the roost?

 

[chicmom]

Are they new layers? You might want to put an egg in the nest boxes to give them the idea. Lighting could be an issue....When it's dark, a chicken doesn't move or eat or anything......They stay put.

Here in Ohio, it's dark in the morning, and it's dark very early. I have a light in my coops, and I turn it on before work (around 7am), and I turn it off around 9pm. That also helps keep them laying throughout the winter months, because they need a good 14 hours of light in order to keep laying good.