Do THIS so your Chickens will Lay LOTS of EGGS this Winter

Why don't your chickens lay more eggs during the winter? The solution may be simpler than you think.

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[benburns]

I've heard in the past people complaining that their chickens don't lay enough eggs in the Winter months. It makes a lot of sense to supply more light, so as to heighten the changes of good egg production. It is great that you are helping your son which allows him to make extra money and learn responsibility at the same time. My brother eventually wants to get some chickens so trying to learn all I can in advance.

[kohei]

So cool that Izzy has his own chicken!

[LynnBoergermann]

You have an amazing mind to design and build all this

[lauranglover]

Beautiful setup! Adding heat and light in the coop will cause more egg production- but then make sure you up their protein and feed...you're forcing them to lay, which the chicken needs rest during molting and trying to keep warm during the day. This can cause egg burnout and problems for the chicken (vent prolapse, etc., )...so be careful when doing this. The chicken has it's natural cycle of things for a reason. Ensure good, kind husbandry. Can mix the breeds to get those that naturally lay all year-round (ie. Golden Comets).

[morehn]

I've been feeding my chickens soldier fly larvae and it's been working on one of them out of three without extra light.
The extra light adds stress to the chickens.
Up to you, but it does work.

[combatsquid]

First I want to commend you for teaching yout son. I do the same thing with my kids. As far as introducing artificial light for the chickens, I have to disagree with this process. Chickens use the winter months for molting. They use whatever protein they take in for molting. I normally do 2 things this time of year. 1. I give them extra protein such as worms(53% protein), eggs and seeds. 2. During the time when they are producing a lot of eggs, I don't give away or sell any at first. I preserve them by water glassing them. This preserves raw eggs for up to 2 years. It works and there's a lot of info out there on just how easy it is. Once I have enough eggs preserved, I will then give some away or sell them. Hope this helps

[jonathonpack]

Great tips, thank you! This will be my first full winter with the light switch timer. Looking forward to seeing how the birds do! I think I need to change out the bulbs though because I just have standard white fluorescent bulbs...

[davidgoldsen]

Very nice, I use corded solar lights.

[drdybrdyHR]

I'm learning a lot from you, a big thank you from my heart!

[cassies]

Should the outter egg shell be smooth or rough

[rjay]

I was thinking about doing this 😊 I was feeling bad cuz my chickens have to spend so much time in the coop in the dark. Now I don't feel stupid😅

[lisahuber]

How do you keep hawks away from chickens in a pasture?

[Bee-zsws]

Will corn help the chicken lay more eggs

[Greens]

I am from MN i am drowning in eggs. How did u go about finding a source to sell eggs to?? I asked our local grocery store and they said no, i have to have some inspection? Is that something u have to do too?

[cameron-zlbl]

I thought heat makes the difference in winter time cause I was told they lay less in winter because it’s cold but it’s because of light then? My chickens are free range.

[dailynature]

That's a different trick for eggs