My girls are a little over 6 months old. during the day from sunrise till sundown they dont go near there coop they have the up stairs under the trees and grass they hang out all day also there treats are by the back door so any time some one walks out side they get either whole grain wheat breat, oatmeal, chicken scrach, dried meal worms, or what is in the fridge that needs to get out to make room thrown at them, if there not there then there hanging out in the garden and if there not there then they know how to use my doggy door and they come in my room (not so much now that we are out of triple digits) I do have some garden lights I am hanging up for winter in there coop area and then bigger lights in the run so I can still spend time with them when i get off of work (I know selfish of me) the light are going to be hooked up to a time to come on about 4 or 5 (when it gets dark) and go off about 8 so they will prob only be in coop and there run when sun goes down. my plan for nights we hit freezing (only get about 5 or 6 of those a winter) or real bad storms I will just bring them in side house. here in vegas its diffrent for those of you who have cold all the time the new men warn us as animal are not used to these weather so harder for them to take it.
so i am going to do sbower curtin they have clear or blue I like blue but thinking the birds would like clear.
