Solar Lights for the Chickens?

[so lucky]

Just wondering if anyone on here is using solar powered lights for their chicken coop? How are they working for you? I really need to get some lights in the chicken house, as the days grow shorter. I would rather not have an electrical cord running across the lawn all winter.

 

[canesisters]

Work great. I have a string of Christmas lights. They've been working for 2yrs now. I don't care about 'extending the daylight hours' for egg and all, but the little heffer-butts can't seem to settle down fast enough in the quick fall sundowns and someone gets left on the floor. This gives them a little extra time to complain, shuffle, peck each other, etc.

 

[so lucky]

Did you buy Christmas Lights that were already equipped with a solar panel, or did you rig something up?

 

[canesisters]

Got them at Big Lots and they came as solar lights. I think they were supposed to be for decorating a porch rail or a bush or something. There is a little panel that could either be on a stake on the ground or hung on a clip. They're tiny little led lights. When I had the shelter for my old horse up, I wove them through the top of the arch. Just enough light for me to see that there weren't any critters in there when I went out to feed and for her to see the feeder w/o tripping.
You can see the clip and panel, and if you look REAL CLOSE you can see some of the lights up in the top of the arch.


You might also want to look into this:
Shatterproof, cool to the touch, battery light.