A FANCIER CAME TO MY LOFT LAST NIGHT AND HAD A LOOK AT MY BIRDS, HE SAID THEY WERE IN GOOD CONDITION( OLD BIRDS) THEN HE LOOKED AT MY DARKNESS YOUNGBIRDS AND ASKED HOW LONG I HAD THEM ON IT AND HOW MANY HOURS DARK THEY GOT. HE SAID HIS BIRDS ARE THROUGH IT AND LOOK LIKE YEARLINGS, MINE ARE BEHIND HIS IN THE MOULTH, MINE ON DARKNESS FROM 5 IN THE EVENING UNTIL 9 IN THE MORNING SAME AS HIS BUT MINE WENT ON DARK 2 WEEKS BEFORE HIM, QUESTION IS WHY AM I BEHIND HIM IF I WENT ON IT BEFORE HIM, PS IM HAPPY WITH MY BIRDS JUST WANT TO KNOW THE A NSWER TO THISQUESTION. BANDIT