artificial lighting

We are adding supplemental lighting to the coop. We do know to increase gradually till we reach the desired time. How much light should we add? And is there a particular type of light? I know chicken chick says she uses an LED strip and Gail Damerow uses Christmas lights (maybe I have that...

Howdy, I'm new here. I have quail but they're young and still indoors as my hutch isn't QUITE ready for them (I want to make alterations and want to make them before moving them into it, as it'd probably be stressful to get them used to being in it only to pluck them out for a time while I alter...

I'm looking at my first flock next year. We homestead on a .25 acres in a suburb of Minneapolis (zone 4b). We are allowed to have 4 hens (no roosters), no free-ranging, and no selling of eggs on prem. My family consists of my partner and I (and our 2 dogs, but we don't give them eggs) and we are...

My chickens just turned a year old (Sept 2022) and I am using artificial lighting that comes on at 6:30am which is about 30 minutes before first light. I was planning to continue this for a month or so until it gets further into fall when I might remove the light but not sure yet (this is my...

It is said that if we incubate in the winter months using eggs from hens which can continue laying in the winter and from roosters capable of fertilizing the eggs in the winter, we can hatch chicks that will be great winter layers. Let's discuss it.

Hello all. I currently do not have any windows in my coop for sunlight so I’m using a “daylight” CFL lightbulb on a timer from 6am to 5pm. My question is... What can I do so that the chickens will get on their roosts because it goes from light to pitch black. I know you awesome chicken people...