Egg Production - The Final Decision

Well, I may never know exactly how light and dark effect egg production, but I am satisfied that hours of darkness do play a significant roll. Alan may have put it best when he simply said in an email to me that, "What this means is that you can't leave the light on all night. They need a period of darkness." Well Alan, the experts agree with you!


A group of scientist went so far as to put one group of chickens under strobe lights, another under constant light, and yet another in darkness. While they decided that chickens lay best when they have 14 hours or more of light a day they also determined that without a period of darkness their egg production actually dropped. So folks, I am satisfied now that darkness plays a role in stimulating egg production, (although there are many other factors!). I thank you all for sharing in my dilemma. It was great getting your comments and it was fun to see how much everyone had to say about such a simple subject. Love you all! TTFN :)