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Link: Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman Don't roast your backyard hen this winter just because she's quit laying eggs. Hens stop laying not because of the cold but because of the dark, said Steve Brown of the Cooperative Extension Service at his "Chicken University" class Tuesday in Palmer. The solution: a simple white light. A single 100-watt bulb gives Brown eggs all year, he said. And while you're installing the light, build a perch out of boards instead of a dowel, to help the chickens keep their toes warm. "A chicken with all their toes in Alaska is pretty rare," Brown said.