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 | | During the hydroponics cycle conducted from Oct 6, 2001 to March 6, 2002 a set of five Rhode Island Red chicks purchased in April, 2001 were housed next to the hydroponics, sharing the light. |
 | | In addition, any light used to grow hydroponics can be utilized on the periphery to trigger egg laying in chickens. |
 | | Within a week of the Metal Halide light, burning 18 hours a day for the hydroponics cycle, the flock began delivering an average of 4.44 eggs a day, or an average of.247 eggs per light hour, an overall increasing in laying some 2.3 times greater under the influence of Halide vs Incandescent light. |
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