Occasionally I would have a hen or pullet go into the coop too late to be able see well enough to get on the roost or get knocked off the roost at night and not be able to see to get back up. This, of course, lead to piles of poop on the coop floor. I don't have electricity in my coop. I can run run an extension cord to it, but then that would mean I'd have to roll up/remove the cord every time I needed to mow the grass. Rolling up and putting back out 100' of extension cord wasn't something I was keen on doing every week or so from spring until late fall.
I began thinking about/looking for a motion activated, solar or battery operated LED light that would only come on in dark/dim light, but not stay on all night. I finally remembered a "Shark Tank" episode I'd watched a couple years ago for a toilet light that is battery operated, motion activated, and only stays lit for a couple of minutes. The pitch on Shark Tank was for the "Illumibowl." I searched ebay for "toilet light." You can find them for as little as 99 cents on a "Buy It Now" option.
Ordered one and placed it low in the coop as I didn't want it to be activated while the birds were on the roost. So far it seems to be working well. No birds have been on the floor since I put it in and it activates when I open the coop door if I go out to check on the birds at night. My coop is small (5X5) so it provides plenty of light. If you have a large coop and want to give it a shot, it might take 2 or 3. Uses AAA batteries. Not sure how long the batteries last, but mine has been in for a month and haven't needed to change batteries yet.
I began thinking about/looking for a motion activated, solar or battery operated LED light that would only come on in dark/dim light, but not stay on all night. I finally remembered a "Shark Tank" episode I'd watched a couple years ago for a toilet light that is battery operated, motion activated, and only stays lit for a couple of minutes. The pitch on Shark Tank was for the "Illumibowl." I searched ebay for "toilet light." You can find them for as little as 99 cents on a "Buy It Now" option.
Ordered one and placed it low in the coop as I didn't want it to be activated while the birds were on the roost. So far it seems to be working well. No birds have been on the floor since I put it in and it activates when I open the coop door if I go out to check on the birds at night. My coop is small (5X5) so it provides plenty of light. If you have a large coop and want to give it a shot, it might take 2 or 3. Uses AAA batteries. Not sure how long the batteries last, but mine has been in for a month and haven't needed to change batteries yet.
