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[CrockedPond]

Hi, I am new to the site and wanted to say Hi, from Crockedpond. I was reading about peoples low egg counts for Nov. And I am seeing the same thing here in MA. We have 5 hen and get one egg a day. Four hens are young first year hens (they al laid for a few weeks but stoppeda), the other is about 2 yrs. last weekend I put a light in the coop. and am still waiting. It is a florescent bulb, and I wonder if that makes a difference?

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Crockedpond

 

[ghillie]

 

[wekiva bird]

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from south carolina/fla.

 

[True Grit]

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from MN. Sorry I don't know the answer to your question but I would suppose fluorescent lighting would work. I think they need 14 hours a day. I give mine 13 hours. They've only been laying about 3 weeks so I don't know if they are slowing down now or not.

 

[dawg53]

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[4-H chicken mom]

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from Ohio. I really don't think the florescent bulb puts out enough lumens as a regular wattage bulb. You need bright light to simulate daylight.