Daylight and egg laying

[twinmama09]

I know chickens need a certain amount of daylight hours, but I'm wondering about how much sun they need. We put our coup and run between a shed and our 6ft privacy fence, our backyard is very shaded so they will only have a few hours of direct sunlight a day. I want to make sure that they'll get enough light to lay and be healthy.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Hi there!! I wouldn't worry about it. My girls are positioned like your's and really only get about three hours of direct sun a day.

 

[azygous]

Chickens absorb vitamin D through their feathers. This is why they take such pleasure in lolling with a wing spread in a ray of sunlight, appearing to all the world as having been recently killed.

If they get at least a couple hours a day of direct sunlight, that's probably adequate. I'm sure they'd take even more if you provided it.