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  • From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] timing a molt
  • Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 08:36:12 -0400

We have a huge glut of eggs right now, and very little market until June. We have kept our layers on 16 hours of light. We are at 14 hours natural light now. Memory is that they slow down (small molt?) in late July/August each year as daylight decreases. I am thinking of turning the lights off now, and maybe inducing any molt that they would do in July/August when we have large market?  Does this make sense?  I guess I could actually do the take away feed to really induce a molt, but haven’t been of that mindset in the past. We would plan on retiring these hens late December/next January, after the holiday baking market and weekly fall farmers market.

 

Thank you.

 

Beth Spaugh

Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY

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