Geno
Do you use lights to regulate the hens?
Nope. Au Naturele. (Or however it's spelled
)
There's no power out where the Gulag is and no really easy way to get it there. I got these in 2018, so this was their second winter. Last one they seem to have laid much better over the winter. This time, basically zip production for a good month and a half.
They may have gotten busy when a few weeks ago I told them they were heading toward a stew pot soon, as I wanted some return on the feed investment.
Still making up my mind as to whether to start a replacement batch this spring or let them die out. I lost 2 of the 6 to predators last summer. Wife is not entirely fond of having to deal with them if I go on an away hunting trip or such. If I had a reliable source of "homegrown" eggs around here I'd likely give up on them and sell the coop. But I hate store bought eggs, well, more like I'm no fan of them.
Still deciding on trying to get a dozen or half dozen of those Freedom Rangers now that we have a chest freezer out in the garage. Learned my lesson on the big fat white fuggers, never again!
