Resuming Light during Molt

[SourRoses]

Short version:
Would turning the lights back on mid-molt interfere with molt finishing?

Backstory:
I provide light during winter but allow the hens to rest in fall. That way they can molt.
This year I'm in a bit of a hurry, so I want to turn the lights back on sooner. Some of my older hens are mid-molt, so I'm concerned about rushing them.

* The hurry is that I want to get rid of a roo who crows at 3am... So I want more hens in lay to get another good hatch from him.

I settled into doing it this way due to summer broodies and winter in FL is great temps for me to raise chicks in the brooder, that way my breeding project can progress year round. Hope that all makes sense.

 

[FrostRanger]

They won't lay until they're done molting regardless of lighting. It won't hurt them but also won't get you more eggs much sooner that you otherwise would

 

[SourRoses]

They won't lay until they're done molting regardless of lighting. It won't hurt them but also won't get you more eggs much sooner that you otherwise would

Oops, guess I didn't specify the light is for the others who already molted quickly. But the whole main coop will be affected.
Some of my older girls and one mixed breed take their sweet time. Cocomo took 4 months last year... Looked like she had spots with new dark and old light chocolate feathers side by side
Then there are some pullets who just never got the chance to come into lay before the sun got lazy. In the past, if I started light in November, the new pullets laid by January, some sooner.

So you think even a slowpoke molter like Cocomo will finish all her wardrobe change ok even if I add light now?

 

[FrostRanger]

Oops, guess I didn't specify the light is for the others who already molted quickly. But the whole main coop will be affected.
Some of my older girls and one mixed breed take their sweet time. Cocomo took 4 months last year... Looked like she had spots with new dark and old light chocolate feathers side by side
Then there are some pullets who just never got the chance to come into lay before the sun got lazy. In the past, if I started light in November, the new pullets laid by January, some sooner.

So you think even a slowpoke molter like Cocomo will finish all her wardrobe change ok even if I add light now?

Shouldn't affect the slow milters either way, you should be good

 

[Ridgerunner]

I agree. It should not bother the slow molters. It could easily bring those pullets into lay if they are not molting.