Wiring for electrical- lights?

[Tracyree]

Electrician is coming tomorrow to wire for my outlets. I don’t plan on using lights as I don’t want to effect their natural cycle, is there any reason to have a light installed anyway?

 

[Penpal]

Nightime predators. You could have a motion detecting light. It will turn itself off.

 

[bill3607]

Electrician is coming tomorrow to wire for my outlets. I don’t plan on using lights as I don’t want to effect their natural cycle, is there any reason to have a light installed anyway?

I like having them. I have flood lights outside the coop and for the run that come on with a photocell. I have a switch so I can override it if I don't want it to come on. I also have one on the inside of a fairly large walk-in coop so I can see better when I go in. I also can use it when I decide to give them some extra light which I do sometimes.

But, no, there is no reason that you actually have to have one. It is entirely up to you. Electrician is one of the things I am professionally, so not a biggie to install for me.

I also have receptacles inside and out if I need to plug something in.

 

[StinkyAcres]

While I mostly use a headlamp because it doesn't disturb them as much, I do like to have a light in my coop just in case. After dark or on a cloudy day a light can be useful if you need to give a bird medical care or do some cleaning, for example.

 

[DobieLover]

Electrician is coming tomorrow to wire for my outlets. I don’t plan on using lights as I don’t want to effect their natural cycle, is there any reason to have a light installed anyway?

Here are the various ways I've used the multiple lights I have installed around my coop and run:

• Every night, I turn on the outdoor (dim) coach lights to provide enough illumination to do head count and collect eggs.
• When I am doing a full flock, oral de-worming (including weighing) or any large scale flock maintenance, I turn on the lights in the brooder room so I can go back and forth with the birds as I finish working with them.
• In the winter months when I need to leave for work before the sun comes up, I turn on the timer controlled flood lamp in the run to put out the food and change the water then turn on the coop light so the birds will come off the roost and go out to eat.

Just because the lights are there and you turn them on briefly when needed doesn't mean it is bothering the birds and disrupting their circadian rhythm.

 

[Sally PB]

In the winter months, it is GLOOMY here. I have an exterior grade rope Christmas light in part of the run. I turn it on when I open the coop in the morning, and off at lock up. It doesn't "keep the chickens up" past dusk, but does add a bit of light to the run.

I also have a heated dog water bowl to keep their water from freezing.

 

[Tracyree]

Thank you all!!! Got plenty of outlets now and a few lights