rick
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I think I made a bit of a discovery ( for myself anyway.)
Over the winter I have been extending the light in the garden long enough to get home and give them some warm mash etc to see them through the night. Whether that is absolutely necessary or just makes me happy that theve had their 'supper' is another thing! Anyway - not surprisingly, even though its less than 12 hours, egg production has been full tilt.
Over the past couple of weeks I have been plastering in the house and nicked their light to see the job! With natural sunset the egg production has dwindled and that's good as they are getting a bit of a break, but...
The surprising thing has been that disturbing their roost a couple of hours after sunset for a nighttime supper for half an hour hasn't changed the lower rate of laying.
Is it bad to wake them up? They don't seem to mind.
Over the winter I have been extending the light in the garden long enough to get home and give them some warm mash etc to see them through the night. Whether that is absolutely necessary or just makes me happy that theve had their 'supper' is another thing! Anyway - not surprisingly, even though its less than 12 hours, egg production has been full tilt.
Over the past couple of weeks I have been plastering in the house and nicked their light to see the job! With natural sunset the egg production has dwindled and that's good as they are getting a bit of a break, but...
The surprising thing has been that disturbing their roost a couple of hours after sunset for a nighttime supper for half an hour hasn't changed the lower rate of laying.
Is it bad to wake them up? They don't seem to mind.