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


w.g.s.hamm wrote:
> <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.

I have 5 acres and a pond. My understanding is that 5 acres is enough
for a few chickens to free range for a few days without extra feed.
Normally I give them egg layer pellets to supplement their diet.

.

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