light question

[flopsy]

Hubby put light on timer in coop for me. How long will it take to see an increase in egg production? Thanks y'all and Merry Christmas!

 

[swtangel321]

How many hours of light are you giving them ? Chickens need 14 hours a day to lay good (dont leave it on 24/7) !! It should take a week to 2 weeks, depends on the chicken. Good luck, hope it helps them.

 

[ozark hen]

since this is a very controversial subject..may I reccommend you doing a "search"? The only light we keep in the coop now...after reading the pro's and con's...is a sixty watt over the waterer and even that light worries me.

 

[digitS']

You can look at what Redoak has to say, this morning. She has been keeping track of egg production for 6 hens over a few months.

Location makes a difference. I don't know your location but Redoak is in upstate New York (either that or in the former Soviet Union

).

Steve

 

[Buster]

Mine took about 2 weeks with lights on timers to start laying again. Also, I recommend setting your lights to turn on in the early AM hours and turning off at dusk so your chickens aren't caught on the ground when the lights go out.

 

[flopsy]

I have the light set to come on at 4:30 a.m. and go off about 7:30 a.m., about hour after sunrise.