Winter Coop Lighting

[farmgirllvo]

I'm wondering what kind of lights to put in my coop for winter, it's just to keep them laying.
Can lights? What kind of light bulb is the best? I know no heat lamps.
Thanks in advance!!

 

[aart]

Depending on the size of your coop......
......just a heat lamp fixture/shade with a 40-60 watt incandescent bulb will work fine.
Do not use 'heavy duty'...'work safe'.... bulbs with coating on it....the fumes from coating can kill them.
A CFL with equivalent wattage will work too.

Here's a pretty good article on supplemental lighting.

 

[Silvia2234]

We put a red heat lamp for night and day, and we have a white heat lamp only for daytime.

 

[GC-Raptor]

I use a heat lamp fixture with a 7 watt dimmable daylight LED, 40 watt equivalent. You can get a 10 watt, 60 watt equivalent, if you have a large coop. Supposed to last 22 years at 3 hours a day. Look for DAYLIGHT not soft white.

I turn a light on at 5am in the coop and I have 2-60 watt equivalent LEDs outside the coop to light up the pen.

At 9am I dim the light in the coop to use as a nightlight so they can see to jump onto the roost at sunset. I close the coop and shut off the nightlight a half hour after sunset. My 5 girls are still laying 5 eggs a day, most days. GC