Getting my flock tomorrow and need advice

[6girl]

I use lights, and it kept the older hens laying all winter except the molters and may have helped the pullets start laying in January.

But from all I've read, you need to add light slowly...I started last October with a timer in the mornings...until you're up to about 14 hours.
It can also take weeks for it to have the desired effect on the hens hormones and that pullets can often lay thru their first winter without added light..

Agrees that if they haven't been under lights, not worth starting now.

Good Luck, Have Fun with your new flock!

That's great advice, thanks. The girls arrive today, I feel like I'm on one of those home improvement shows and it's down to the wire to get everything done in time. I guess I'd better get off the computer and go flog the crew....