We keep the heat lamp on all day long, but we shut the over head light off every night. The minute I turn the light on in the morning they jump right up. A few stand up and fall asleep in some awkward positions. Tonight after coming home from work around 6:30, I went to check on them and everyone was asleep. I guess this is good since they will go inside the coop when the sun goes down. I can tell they are getting bigger, they have gone through almost 2 quarts of feed.