Last week my wonderful husband got water piped to the chicken house. He rented a trencher and dug lines to go to the barn/storage shed and then over to the chicken house. I now have a spigot on the outside of the chicken house I can use to fill waterers and wading pans! Hopefully soon he'll be able to get back in there build my counters and shelves and hook up the indoor plumbing which will consist of a small sink and faucet I can use to fill and clean water bottles, food bowls, etc.
While we were running plumbing to the building we went ahead and ran power to it as well. Tonight my brother finished hooking up the lights. yeehaw!!
After the girls put themselves up for the night, I went in to check on them, trusty flashlight in hand. As I peered at them through the narrow beam of the flashlight, I could see they were huddled up in the corner ready for a good night's sleep. (They're not roosting yet) Then I remembered I didn't need the flashlight because I had P-O-W-E-R!
When I flipped on the light, the chicken house lit up like the Las Vegas strip exposing 23 very confused and groggy peepers. They sat in a stupor for a few seconds, then they roused up and headed to the feed bowl and water in the coop. I needed to top off the indoor feeder so I grabbed it and did so. After I put the feeder back in with them, I told the peeps goodnight, turned off the light, and headed out the door. Their indignant protests that I'd turned the lights out on them filled the evening air as I headed back inside.
Those chicks make me smile all the time.
Rachel