Problem solved! :-) Lights.com sells a string of 100 warm white LED lights with a timered battery pack to chicken farmers. The sales rep I spoke to emailed me the links. He said he's knowledgeable about the chicken winter lighting issue...
My coop is 20' away from my north window. It's a well-constructed commercial shed that I've converted, and it's footprint is 6' x 7'. I've been stressing over how to light it in the winter, since it won't work to run electricity over to it. It's got a big window facing my back window, as well...
Hi from northeast OK! :-) I've adopted six Golden Comet chicks from TSC in the 1st week of March and I'm so happy and excited to be learning, especially by reading here at BYC.
I have a shed under an oak tree 20 feet from my house that I'm converting into a coop. I'd like to build a...