Hi Travis,

I usually try for at least two months but when our

Xmas day temps were in the low to mid 80s it's

really hard for them to stay down. This season I

decided to wake them a little earlier since I could

hear most of them stirring around so last week I

brought them all out for some mild sun and good

wake up temps. After a week some are picking

at their salads while a few are out for a few hours

of mild midday sun.



I usually begin fasting them starting in mid Nov and

by Thanksgiving they're ready for a cool down.

Since they're outdoors for most of the year I simply

roll their cages into the garage for the next 2 months.

It really depends on the weather if I leave them down

for the duration or bring them up earlier as I did last

week at only six weeks of cooling.



Last season most of my females produced eggs only

to reabsorb them. Not sure if the males actually bred

them or if they simply produced non viable eggs on

their own. Probably the latter. Hopefully things will

go better this season.



Hey, goood to hear you got rid of that funky photo,



John

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