How well can chickens see in the twilight?

[JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom]

Our birds will walk right into our legs at twilight. Is it that they cannot see well? Or are they too drowsy to avoid us? THey seem to see the roost well enough to get up there after we put them into a slightly darker coop...

 

[Wynette]

They do not see well in the dark or at dusk/dawn. They can see...just not really well. Nothing to worry about if they're bumping into you, but they DO typically go to roost before it gets too dark for them to see.

 

[mdbokc]

We have a light in the coop which is a beacon as the girls come in each evening from their free range activity in about a 10 minute period. If they have a little trouble with the upcoming darkness, they come to us, then follow us as we go to the coop to close it up for the night.