Electricity in the Coop

[Amigatec]

How many of you have electricity in the Coop??

I just about have mine wired for lights. I dug a trench from the shed to the coop, stopped by the garden on the way, added a Plugin, and ran the rest of the way to the coop.

I used 1" PVC conduit 100' of 10/2 wground, and plan to add at least a plug and lights to the coop.

 

[Imp]

I ran electricity to the coop and garden shed a little over a year ago. So much nicer than extension cords running through the trees.

Imp

 

[Amigatec]

I have been using a 100' extension cord, well it's about 98' now I didn't see it but the Lawn mower did.

 

[Granny Hoffman]

We also have electricity in our coop. It's attached to our pole barn so it was really simple to add it to the coop.

 

[True Grit]

Same here and DH just gave me a remote control to a flood light he wired in to the end of the coop so I can see my way out to the coop and also play with the dogs in the yard after work in the winter. It is very

 

[Sophie Mae]

I will put electricity up next year. Cords in trees will have to do for this year. Always a work in progress.

 

[bigoakhunter]

I still have the extension cords from garage to oak tree overhead out to tall pole by coops. Who knows maybe next year i can rent a trencher/ditchwitch to put cable underground. I would dig it by hand, but have all clay ground. It was bad enough putting in putting in 14 posts for the run on last coop.

 

[ourlittleflock]

we have electricity in our coop - it comes in at 2 locations - 1x for the bug light that works miracles and 1x for the light switch - we also had water runned to our coop - it is much nicer feeding at the coop then the yard tractor.. (alot easier when it comes to staying dry)

 

[Judy]

We have both power and water; it was built that way. It's quite close to both power and water; it was a minor matter.

 

[Amigatec]

What I used to dig the trench was my Mini-Tiller, I have very hard clay and the little tiller makes a nice trencher. I only buried it about 8" deep. But I know where the conduit is so I won't hit it.