Marcus, Jody has said some good stuff. I now have that timed light on. The chickens have reduced laying drastically, and I need them to get going again. (My Daughter told me to stop saying, hee, hee, when I e-mailed her, so I am trying to rid a habit, :) :), oops, almost typed hee, hee). Anyways, my light in the chickenyard comes on at 4:00 A.M. and turns off at 7:00 P.M. I get an impression that chickens like 15 hours a day of good light for optimum laying, could be wrong, but I think that is what I read. It is just a light bulb, 40 watt, so it does not draw too much power. I wonder if a florescent one would work better though....hmmmm....Jody, comment here please...
Marcus you will get tips all winter on how to keep chickens, you are almost there. It is such a blast though, I do agree, I love to be in the chickenyards and watch the critters, never a second where something interesting does not occur. Have a wonderfully great day, Cindi