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To: Ladysforest

Yeah .. amen to the no eggs ...14 layers, eating like pigs, giving up 2 or 3 a day ... maybe.


16 posted on 12/13/2013 12:46:56 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: knarf
A friend of mine uses artificial lights to get her hens to lay in winter.

/johnny

20 posted on 12/13/2013 12:52:29 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: knarf

When I kept my Fluffy in the garage last winter for about 2 months, she began to lay really well. But out in the coop/enclosure the two Sussex lay infrequently except in mid-summer. The white Leghorn, she is a great layer. The problem is they began to peck her eggs - now I have to get there just as she gets up from laying or I don’t get the egg. I’m working on a simple brooder box that may defeat their snack attacks.


98 posted on 12/13/2013 7:54:13 PM PST by Ladysforest
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To: knarf

Keep strong/bright lights on a timer inside the henhouse. Set it to shut off @ 9:00PM and on @ 6:00AM. Eggs will be able to be collected @ noon each day.


188 posted on 12/15/2013 1:49:19 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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