How to use Lighting in your chicken coop to get eggs in winter

One key to getting eggs in winter is to use artificial lighting in your chicken coop. But it's not as simple as just grabbing the nearest light and turning it on. If you decide to use supplemental light in your chicken coop, here are the practicalities to take into account, including
- what kind of bulb (and why NOT to use Teflon-coated, or fluorescent)
- what colour light
- how bright it should be
- where to put them
- when they should come on and go off, each day and throughout the year.
And of course I'll explain why this is so, and how light affects your chickens.

In an upcoming video I'll outline some of your considerations when deciding whether or not you think it's a good idea to use additional lighting in your chicken coop.

Meanwhile, you might like to check out this video about how chickens see difefrent from what we see:
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