Re: Can chickens roost with a light shining on them?


<cr113@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Here's my situation. I had a few chickens that roosted in an open shed
> right next to the woods. Things were fine (amazingly) for 4 years. Then
> my dog passed away. 3 months later something found the chickens and
> killed them. I don't want to have to lock chickens up every night
why ever not?

> so I
> built a small 3 sided coop close to my back porch. I also got another
> dog. I'm about 95% sure they will be safe, but I want to keep my porch
> light on all night to keep predators away. I'm not worried about
> maximum egg production, I just want the chickens to be healthy.

So shut them securely away at night. A light will not stop a predator who
will know that it is on all the time and not harmful.


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