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I didn't see it affecting my hens at all, Wings. If anything, more light will increase laying though I'm not sure whether it has to be full spectrum as opposed to red light only.
When I was a kid, red lamps were used to keep chicks and adult chickens from picking at each other in crowded poultry barns. It's odd because I'd always thought that red is an "aggression" color, so why would red light have a calming effect? Yet, it seemed to work.
Good. I was just concerned because our favorite pullet, Little Red, just died because of prolapse, so I was trying to find the source so it wouldn't happen again.
IME, prolapse is the result of other more internal factors, including the hen's age and physical condition (weak abdominal muscles, etc.). Some thing that would cause the hen to not have normal conditioning in her reproductive tract. I've never seen any indication that red heat lamps play a role.
I didn't see it affecting my hens at all, Wings. If anything, more light will increase laying though I'm not sure whether it has to be full spectrum as opposed to red light only.
When I was a kid, red lamps were used to keep chicks and adult chickens from picking at each other in crowded poultry barns. It's odd because I'd always thought that red is an "aggression" color, so why would red light have a calming effect? Yet, it seemed to work.
Good. I was just concerned because our favorite pullet, Little Red, just died because of prolapse, so I was trying to find the source so it wouldn't happen again.
IME, prolapse is the result of other more internal factors, including the hen's age and physical condition (weak abdominal muscles, etc.). Some thing that would cause the hen to not have normal conditioning in her reproductive tract. I've never seen any indication that red heat lamps play a role.
