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[UrbanEnthusiast]

Its not really "fancy diet" food...just real food

That doesn't mean I can afford it.

 

[itsren]

Yes, we use supplemental lighting in almost all the coops. And watch, as the days get longer, you will notice a slow down in eggs. And yes, your 14 wks old may very well hold out till spring if you don't provide light. We have ours set up on timer's, and I was just telling DH he needs to get them set up this weekend. It will only be a couple of weeks before the daylight is too short!

Oooh! Really? Shoot, I didn't think I'd be procrastinating on that decision. Guess it looks like I am.

I've been looking at products similar to this solar powered light.

http://www.amazon.com/Gamasonic-GS-...346994805&sr=8-1&keywords=solar+shed+lighting

I'm not sure what to get. I haven't yet convinced DH to take a look at this. Now that I know we're down to a couple of weeks, I will be pushing him to help me figure out what to do. I'd like a solar light, and I want it on a timer. I can't find an exact product that will meet those specs. He's an electrician - hopefully he can figure something out in short order. The inside of my little coop is painted bright white, so even if I end up with a lower light system, I'd probably be OK. I think my coop will reflect the light nicely.

 

[FirewifeJess]

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I think so too! You would probably only need a 20watt bulb in there at the most!

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

From what I understand it is BREED that matters most, not diet or individual birds, re: winter laying!

 

[FirewifeJess]

From what I understand it is BREED that matters most, not diet or individual birds, re: winter laying!

That;s a good point too!

 

[FirewifeJess]

Not great color, but here's the eggs I just gave my seester Darkest ones are RIR, middle tan color is Buff Orps. Bottomleft and top right from anEaster Egger, 3rd from the left green egg on top from an easter egger, dark green on bottom, second from right is from Tamara's olive egger (maran/EEx).

 

[chickenjane82]

Not great color, but here's the eggs I just gave my seester Darkest ones are RIR, middle tan color is Buff Orps. Bottomleft and top right from anEaster Egger, 3rd from the left green egg on top from an easter egger, dark green on bottom, second from right is from Tamara's olive egger (maran/EEx).

ooo I want an olive egger

 

[FlyRobinFly]

They would be one day apart. I'm not going to get a ton of them if I get any. I am betting they will have straight run, so I would get 2-3 of each kind that I want, and they will likely only have Wyandotte and Polish. I haven't been able to find a list of what they are getting.

That should be fine. I bought chicks weeks apart in order to get all the breeds I wanted, and they all integrated just fine. I was amazed how easily they accepted new additions.

 

[chickenjane82]

I actually want a banty olive egger! Can I get that?

 

[itsren]

No need to light the run, as they won't go out into it if it's dark and they can't see. They can't see at all in the dark! I have the timers set to come on both morning and evening. Some folks just do morning, as they fear that their birds won't roost in time before the lights go off at night, but I've never had that happen......that I know of.

That's good to know. I was thinking I was going to have to figure out a way to get light into the coop and the run. The coop is a tiny little space to light.