Lighting the coop

[masonsdad]

Anyone have an opinion for the long winter? Light or no light?

 

[rancher hicks]

I light the coop for a couple of extra hours in the evening. a couple of 60 watters. It's up to each to decide but I need the eggs.

I wish you lots of eggs,

Rancher

 

[Clay Mudd]

I go with no light, but I don't really think of either way as right or wrong.



Pretty wishy-washy answer, eh?

 

[roxyblue]

Personally I like to give my girls a break. I've heard that they lay longer if you let them take a breather every now or then. But like Clay Mud said: neither way is a right or wrong

 

[mstricer]

No light, I wish I were getting eggs.

 

[BrewedInNh]

I add a couple of hours of light in the early morning and let them go to bed with the natural sunset. I use an outdoor LED rope light to minimize energy usage and added heat.

 

[TDM]

I have my mobile hen houses corralled next to the dairy barn for the winter. The lights go on about 2:00 AM and go off at 8:00 AM. By 11:00 am about 95% of the hens are done laying. At 5:00 PM the hens are on their roosts for the night.

 

[bobbi-j]

I have used light in the past, but haven't started yet this winter. Got tired of extension cords, so got my coop wired a couple of weeks ago. Just got a timer, so now I need to get a light down there. Question for those who do use lights - would you suggest gradually adding light, like 1/2 hour more every few days, or just go for all the extra hours in one shot?

 

[Fierlin1182]

I don't use light. I've got RSLs though, which lay consistently, light or not.

 

[ThePigeonKid]

ray's two cents :

I don't use light. I've got RSLs though, which lay consistently, light or not.

Whats a Rsls?