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  1. smcholland

    North to Alaska!

    I don't use heat lamps on my chicks they do not need that much heat. I just use a regular incandescent light bulb. and I never heated my coop until I got ayam cemanis, originally I was told that they do not handle the cold very well, so I didn't want to take a chance. and I have only had one...
  2. smcholland

    North to Alaska!

    make sure your chickens cant jump on lights, so they cant sit on them, hang on them or hit them with their wings, if your using heat lamps that clamp on to something I still tie them up with wire or I screw the base down so they cant move. I have had one light fall and burn a hole in a plastic...
  3. smcholland

    North to Alaska!

    Well im glad i found this thread! ive lived in Alaska my entire life (southeast mostly) and I have helped with many many peoples chickens. only having my own just recently 2 years ago. anc actually one of my chicken coops is a 20 foot bayliner that I have tied up to my sailboat that I live on. I...
  4. smcholland

    North to Alaska!

    i didnt add any supplemental lighting to my coop... at first and my first winter I stopped getting eggs, but the next winter (this winter) I had two heat lamps in my coop that were over the roosting poles and nesting boxes and so far and now that its march it probably wont stop but I'm getting...
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