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Success! I found a solar tent light from Noma (http://reviews.canadiantire.ca/9045/0526784P/no-noma-solar-panel-led-hanging-light-reviews/reviews.htm). The solar panel is on the roof of the coop, and the light goes in through a bit of the chicken wire at the top. THe only issue is a lack of...

@darkmatter I am sure you have lots of cold nights in winter. Our chickens up here in Canada wintered just fine last year without electricity. However, we didn't get eggs for about 3 months. So, my main purpose in finding a source to power a light is to either turn it on early in the day (5 am...

That's great to here, we really only need it to light up for 203 extra hours because the girls come out all day anyway. I'll start looking for an LED / solar panel combo. If Lowe's has it online, could you post a link to the item?

@roni My husband wondered if those solar panels will store enough to extend the light beyond natural daylight. We're in Canada, so we only get 8-9 hours of daylight in the winter, so we need 4+ hours of light in the AM.

We have successfully wintered our small (3 hen) flock, but had no egg production in the winter months. We have no electricity in our backyard, and the coop is too far to reasonably run a line. Frozen water is not an issue (we're home to keep it fresh), but I would like to light the interior this...