Verkkothese are “solar chickens. ” at this local community egg cooperative, geneva peeps, the birds live with solar power all around them. Their hen house is. Verkkosituated in arbeca, 40,000 breeding birds, and 4,000 roosters are free to roam the floor of a temperature controlled rearing shed, powered by solar. The automatic chicken door is powered by solar panels, with a backup rechargeable battery and an option for an electric grid.