soggy donkey herder on Nostr: nprofile1q…xnfa6 the two Sicilians just started to lay about a month ago, so I ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqtj8cnqs3tx80hnu9sq8q05t0t4wq7aryhu6g38veuqpzsetdhq5srxnfa6 (nprofile…nfa6) the two Sicilians just started to lay about a month ago, so I think they’d still be going either way. But I think Ninja and Toast are laying because I’m experimenting with lighting the coop this year.
I got one of those electrical cords that ends in a light bulb in a metal casing and put a programmable LED bulb in it and hung that from the rafters of the coop. It comes on, at very dim ivory color, from 3-6 pm every day - so it’s on when they go to bed, and when I shut the door they can still see to eat or whatever, but it’s so dim they can sleep through it if they want. I’m not EggMaxxxing as much as our nights are too long and the hens are too hungry without their nightlight!
I tried little cheap rechargeable LED lights, but the cold drains the battery, don’t bother. Then when I first set up this corded light, I had it on too bright and the whole flock got extremely confused. They stayed out way too late, stuck in a loop of “it’s dark out here, I should go to bed / ooh, it’s so bright in here! Wonder if there’s anything to eat outside?” 😅 I truly adore them, bless their hearts.
Anyway, I read somewhere that the extra light doesn’t need to be any brighter than a full moon, so that’s what I tuned the coop light to, and now they go to bed full and even lay some eggs!
I got one of those electrical cords that ends in a light bulb in a metal casing and put a programmable LED bulb in it and hung that from the rafters of the coop. It comes on, at very dim ivory color, from 3-6 pm every day - so it’s on when they go to bed, and when I shut the door they can still see to eat or whatever, but it’s so dim they can sleep through it if they want. I’m not EggMaxxxing as much as our nights are too long and the hens are too hungry without their nightlight!
I tried little cheap rechargeable LED lights, but the cold drains the battery, don’t bother. Then when I first set up this corded light, I had it on too bright and the whole flock got extremely confused. They stayed out way too late, stuck in a loop of “it’s dark out here, I should go to bed / ooh, it’s so bright in here! Wonder if there’s anything to eat outside?” 😅 I truly adore them, bless their hearts.
Anyway, I read somewhere that the extra light doesn’t need to be any brighter than a full moon, so that’s what I tuned the coop light to, and now they go to bed full and even lay some eggs!