LED lights and Cockerals

Discussion in 'Electricians' Talk' started by bright_Spark, Mar 3, 2023.

  1. bright_Spark

    bright_Spark Screwfix Select

    So I have come up with an absolute genius plan to stop my cokerals screetching early hours of the morning on a weekend which is what I wanted. I only want them waking me up Monday to Friday.
    So I have wired up 4 X 20 watt LED floods in their coop and outside in their run. This is being put on a dusk till dawn sensor so that it fools them in not going to sleep through the night and thus they do not realise what time it is on a weekend.
    Absolute genius if I may say so myself.
     
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  2. Ind spark

    Ind spark Screwfix Select

    Get an alarm clock.
     
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  3. bright_Spark

    bright_Spark Screwfix Select

    A bit too cheap for me. the cockerals give that Je Ne Sais Quoi.
     
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  4. WH55

    WH55 Screwfix Select

    How are you exporting power to the coop ? There are Regs that you need to comply with, you know …. ;)
     
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  5. SIRJOHN19

    SIRJOHN19 Active Member

    No need, Self powered with a Chicken S*** generator. Sorted!
     
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  6. Sparkielev

    Sparkielev Screwfix Select

    Ear plugs (milwaukee ones )
     
    Last edited: Mar 3, 2023
  7. bright_Spark

    bright_Spark Screwfix Select

    Stuff those, the regs wont stop me losing sleep but my cockerals will.
     
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  8. bright_Spark

    bright_Spark Screwfix Select

    Wouldnt put anything less in my cute ears.
     
  9. robertpstubbs

    robertpstubbs Screwfix Select

    Do you have a Milwaukee butt plug?
     
  10. Bob Rathbone

    Bob Rathbone Screwfix Select

    Keep the cockerels in the dark until you wake up and let them out. No lights, no electricity, no regulations.
     
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  11. The Happy Builder

    The Happy Builder Screwfix Select

    Lights to fool chickens into thinking it’s not dark outside, now there’s a genius idea no one has ever had before ☀️ :rolleyes:
     
  12. candoabitofmoststuff

    candoabitofmoststuff Screwfix Select

    Eggsellent idea!
    Cando
     
  13. ramseyman

    ramseyman Screwfix Select

    Just a boring bit of information - commercially hens are given a burst of light in the middle of the night which means them
    think the nights are shorter and they lay more prolifically since naturally they come into lay in the spring when days get longer and nights shorter.
     
  14. bright_Spark

    bright_Spark Screwfix Select

    Actually Bob that is a damn good idea
     
  15. bright_Spark

    bright_Spark Screwfix Select

    That was my thinking too so not a boring bit of info, very interesting fact. Thank you
     
  16. bright_Spark

    bright_Spark Screwfix Select

    Thats why I am so great
     
  17. quasar9

    quasar9 Screwfix Select

    Lack of sleep may turn them into zombie killers! Be careful Next time you go in to get a few eggs !
     
  18. bright_Spark

    bright_Spark Screwfix Select

    I hope not, but here is a funny thing, I havent had one egg from them yet. I think they take time to adjust as they were rescue cockerals.
     
  19. Bazza-spark

    Bazza-spark Screwfix Select

    Do you think that maybe the cockerals being male, may not lay eggs, and that possibly you need some female chickens for that? :p:D:rolleyes:
     
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  20. bright_Spark

    bright_Spark Screwfix Select

    ????? how do you mean?
     

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