No eggs yet

[RosieR]

Like mdees88, I use a grow-out pen for the males and separate the extras at three weeks old, when I can tell who's who. I try to keep the biggest, healthiest males to use as breeders.

24% protein should be fine for laying, so I would tend to think it's the light that is the issue. Most people say at least 14 hours is the right amount of light; I go with 16 hours myself. The consensus is that the light should be bright enough to read with, but I use LED string lights (like Christmas lights) and they aren't super bright but they work fine and are easy to set up. Even leaving on a porch light if it's close enough to the run might be enough to do the trick.

Oh Christmas lights would totally be doable! I was all worried about setting up some sort of fancy thing lol

 

[RosieR]

Update:
I got eggs from all my mature girls yesterday! I culled the extra males and we are getting a good 15-16 h of natural light now so I’m not sure what the fix was lol