Do chickens need night lights?

[OliviaDeHav]

I was wondering this, but it is about heat, not them seeing.... You can purchase what is called a solar shed light... google it and you can find them pretty cheap!!

 

[speckledhen]

They don't necessarily need them, but it helps us if we have to check on them at night and it helps them not kill themselves if they try to get off the roost. I have them in every coop.

 

[conroy]

We have solar light that we use in winter...

 

[OliviaDeHav]

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/to...s&cm_ite=336614?ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=336614

This is just an example of a light you might be able to get.......

 

[OliviaDeHav]

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Do you have cold winters? Any other light source? heat source?

 

[Rozzie]

I'd suggest always looking in nest boxes before putting your hand in, anyway. Possums & other mammals aren't the only type of creature looking for a meal. Snakes like eggs, too. I don't know about you, but I'd rather not reach in and grab a snake!

 

[woodmort]

I don't use "night lights" but from November to March use a light on a timer that turns on at 6 am, off at 9, on at 6 pm off at 9 to help production. I've notice in the evening before the lights go out that most are on the roost and asleep anyway.

 

[rancher hicks]

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I do too, but didn't say so. I also have poked a few hens and would faint if it was anything else. i should get in the habit of using a light to look in the box first.

 

[conroy]

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Do you have cold winters? Any other light source? heat source?

No other light source... it gets dark sometimes around 4:30 pm in Winter ....we are in NE so our winters are decently cold...

 

[chicknduck]

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He he he. I have 3 tiny solar lights outside of my coop. But that is just so I could see if there would be a racket.