How many people use a lighting system for your hens to keep laying????

[7L Farm]

Nope!! No lights. Last winter was cold & they laid alot of eggs. This summer was a long hot one & they still laid a ton of eggs.

 

[woodmort]

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I use a double timer--turns the 20 w florescent Lite Stick on at 6 am, off at 9; on at 4 pm off at 9 (DST) every day. The chickens are into the routine and never seem to have a problem finding the roost. In fact, they are usually on it by the time the lights go off. The only problem I've found is when there is an outage and I haven't reset the clock, they don't like to be awaken in the middle of the night. BTW, with this light usage I've never encountered a problem one way or the other with laying or laying problems. My chickens aren't pets, they're main job is to provide us with eggs and fertilizer.

 

[JodyJo]

no light here....I am letting my girls take a natural break...so far from 11 layers, I am averaging 9 eggs a day...if that drops off, that's ok...I would rather they were healthy then have so many eggs.