coop at night

[stephenlouis]

I have a chicken tractor with coop attatched that i moved my 15 RIR into at 4weeks old. I put food and water into the coop and had to put in a light to get them to go inside at night. Now they are 9 weeks old and go inside and roost before i turn the light on. Do i still need the light and food and water at night? I was told they are still growing and need the light and food/water so they will feed at night. What do you guys do? Thanks.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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Are they meat birds or layers? If they're meat birds, I have no experience, but I think you want them to continue to eat at night. If they're layers, they should be sleeping at night, so you can turn the light off for them. I leave food and water hanging in my coop so they can access it when they wake up before the automatic pop door opens in the morning.

 

[bigoakhunter]

Cancel the light at night! When they start laying , you may need a light coming on in the morning if where you live does not have 13-14 hours of daylight.

Chickens normally do not feed or drink at night. Once it gets close to dark they go up to roost for the night.

Keep smiling,

Dave

 

[3chimama]

I wouldn't use the light anymore but if it were me I would leave the food and water.

 

[Dorte]

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Yep, if you are raising $0.50/lb chicken deals, but I doubt that is your goal