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


<cr113@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Jill. wrote:
> > cr113@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > >>>
> > >>>> Is it on all the night ?
> > >>>
> > >>> Yes.
> > >>
> > >> Can you retro fit a PIR and / or a timer on it?
> > >
> > > 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
> > > 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 my question is should I rotate my coop a bit so that the light
> > > won't be shining directly on them? If I rotate it the wall of the
> > > shed will shade them.
> >
> > Would a PIR not be good as a predator alert ?
> > Why do you not want to shut the birds in when they are so close to
> your
> > door?
>
> First I'd have to construct a whole new coop,
surely you could modify the one you have?

>then I'd have to remember
> to put them away every night and let them out every morning,
that becomes as much a routine as remembering to feed them , clean them out
and give them water.

>then I'd
> have to stop taking vacations.
How so? When you go away, doesn't someone have to feed, water and clean
them? No extra hassle to simply go and shut the door before it gets dark.
TBH if it is too much hassle to protect them from predators I wonder you
have the time to care for them properly at all.
I feel sorry for your birds. *You* got *them*, therefore you have an
absolute duty of care towards them.


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