Your mom makes beautiful mayo!
Yup, without 14 hrs of 60 watt light a day, hens will slow/stop laying.
Our girls are working girls so we use a light and are still getting 8 - 14 eggs a day for 18 hens. They are 19 months old.
Our new flock is still on the pasture, so they have no light. They are nearly 6 months old and we get about 6 eggs for 24 birds. But they are just starting to lay.
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