[Ag-eq] Choosing Hens

[Susan Roe]

Jody,

Well, yeah about the light to a degree.  I don't like pushing their natural 
systems into egg laying beyond their cycle.  They have to have the multing 
period in order to shed and produce new feathers properly.  Feathers are 90% 
protein and protein production is shifted from producing eggs to producing 
feathers.  My hens mult late fall and they need full feathering before 
freezing conditions set in.  We don't have heat or light to our coops.  We 
can close them offf from rain, freezing rain and snow, but not totally from 
wind or cold.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jody Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Choosing Hens


> Hi Susan,
>
> Oh your neighbor sounds delightful!  We are lucky too.  We only havefour
> neighbors on our street and they are all very nice people.
>
> If you have 14 hours of light on the coop, won't they keep laying?
>
> JODY
>
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