Mean for trying to keep them safe? Not in the eyes of most of us on BYC, believe me! The light I was talking about is just a little solar light on a stake, available at almost any retailer. Hope that helps!
Um, but not a for-really torch!! A little solar light that you can charge during the day and put into their new coop at night will do very nicely. It will run for quite a few hours and then gradually dim, so they'll have some hours of darkness, which I'm a firm believer that chickens need...