Lighting system for poultry houses

A lighting system for a poultry house to control the amount of light and the intensity of light available to poultry in the poultry house during a poultry production cycle comprising

• a poultry house having a ceiling and a floor, at least one line of a plurality of feeders,
• at least one line of a plurality of lights adapted to be raised and lowered in relation to the floor of the poultry house and the plurality of feeders,
• and the plurality of lights adapted to control the amount of light and the intensity of light provided to the poultry at the plurality of feeders at predetermined times during the poultry production cycle,
• wherein the at least one line of the plurality of lights are adapted to be suspended from the ceiling approximately a foot away in a horizontal direction from a respective at least one line of a plurality of feeders.

The lighting system for a poultry house according to claim 1 wherein the at least one line of the plurality of lights is raised and lowered by a winch assembly comprising

• a bi-directional pull winch,
• a cable attached to the winch,
• a plurality of light drop lines connected to the cable and attached to a light support rod,
• the plurality of lights are attached to the light support rod, and
• an electronic system or a manual system to control the winch to raise and lower the light drop lines.