Artificial Lighting To Increase Egg Production
“I’m trying to decide whether or not we want to use a 40 watt bulb inside the coop during the shorter days of fall/winter. My “chicken teacher” told us at her excellent 3 hour Adult Ed class that her practice, in order to get eggs in winter (We live in Maine) is to keep a…
Increasing Egg Laying Productivity Using Artificial Lights
“If we add a light to our coop during the winter months to try to increase egg productivity will it reduce the egg laying life span of the chickens? Also will it increase egg production enough to cover the electricity costs?” ~ Mechelle Meixner Hi Mechelle, thank you for the question. For those of you…
