Infrared heat lamps and egg laying

[branagh]

Hi folks,

I'm new at raising chickens.

My girls are around 18 weeks old and are probably nearing their egg laying stage.

The temps here last night in Nova Scotia were around -14 celcius or 10 fahrenheit.

I have a 250 watt infrared overhead lamp in the hen house.

This morning it was a few degrees below freezing in there even with the lamp on.

Question: Will the infrared lamp be bright enough to induce egg laying or should I have a brighter white light?

Thanks in advance!

Robert

 

[2468Chickensrgr8]

Hello
I am also new at this....got my 6 girls back in October .Four of them were 21 weeks and were just starting to lay eggs....In the last five days I have been leaving the red heat light on low in the coop and they are still laying matter a fact I had a first egg today from a bantam......the eggs are earlier thou ....hope that helps....