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[ALChickGal]

That's good info. Is there a debate about whether or not you should add artificial light? I wondered. Yeah... since these are young, I wonder if some of them will not begin laying (esp. regularly) until spring. :-/

 

[Angelicisi]

A friend who has chickens (40 of them tho lol I have a small flock!) Told me she has added light in the past and the majority of her hens kept laying but stopped laying at 2 years while before her light there was a gradual decrease in a hens eggs per week until she was about 3-4 yrs old. This made for her to add more layers sooner than expected for 2 seasons until she figured out itwas the light.
Keeping them in production full time and happy an healthy is totally attainable BUT on the downside hens go into Hen-O-Pause sooner. They are born with what they'll lay in life, if we keep that girl going thru molts/winter times we get the eggs in a shorter period than nature had planned.
I need production with my small numbers and town restrictions. I added the light, aware my hens will most likely fall out of production at 2 years old and I will rotate stock.

That's good info. Is there a debate about whether or not you should add artificial light? I wondered. Yeah... since these are young, I wonder if some of them will not begin laying (esp. regularly) until spring. :-/

 

[JLfarm]

I would also red sex link

 

[ALChickGal]

Thanks, JLfarm!
Thank you to everyone for your comments and advice!!
Angelicisi, that is great info for me to know as I go forward with these chickens.
Bless you all!