Lighting Pullets

machomama

In the Brooder
12 Years
Sep 28, 2007
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East Bay CA
Hi there!
New city-chick mom here in Bay Area, CA. (One Barr Rock and 2 black sex links)
We got our babes one month ago and think they are now bet 6-7 weeks old.
They just moved outside into their permanent home. It got into the 40's the first night and I had a light in with them for warmth, on a timer. Tonight the lows will be in the mid-50's.

Question 1): Do they need the light anymore for heat? They have lots of grown-up feathers and huddle together on the top rung in the coop.

Question 2): Gail Damerow talks about lighting pullets that have been hatched bet Aug- Mar to delay their laying maturity. Can't we just have them on the normal daylight - these days letting them out of the coop around 9am (when its warmer) and lockdown at 7p (dusk.)
Is this too much light for them? The coop is dark - no windows yet.

Thanks for your help.

BTW this forum is a marvelous resource!
 
I was wondering why anyone would "light a pullet", too!!!
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I figured the feathers would stink something awful!!


Seriously though, I think they will tell you. If they don't settle down & go to sleep, they might be cold or scared of the dark.
If they are cold, they will huddle together & cheep very loud.
If they are scared, they have a different sound and they will quit when you turn on a light. You may try a low watt light bulb & see how that works if they are just scared.
Once you listen to them, they will tell you a lot about their enviroment.


Jean
 

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