akchickenman
Chirping
Does anyone in AK add supplemental light to their coops in the dead of winter (Nov-Jan timeframe)? I dont plan on heating my coop other than the water to stop it from freezing (going to use a submersible aquarium heater for that) but with very minimal daylight and chickens not seeing well in the dark, do you do anything to keep them up and about? Or do you just let them sleep their days away? I have heard that a lot of people close their pop doors and add corn for the chickens to scratch around for and create heat in the coop, but dont know how this would work in the pitch dark. Or have I been misled that chickens cant see in the dark?