Use of flat panel heater in the coop

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The only chickens I have with large combs are two Leghorns. They are really, really large. I'm not worried about the others.
 
Is your coop insulated?

We live in Texas and it gets down into the teens but there are windows on all walls, cupola on the top, so it's basically like they are outside. The hens I purchased are more HEAT tolerant than cold so I worry about them with the cold.

Will having a heater on low be harmful for them? The high will be in the mid 30's.
 
I don't think your birds will need any heat for those temps. I don't turn on the heater in the coop until it's below zero. I have a small bit of insulation on my coop walls called reflectix (think silver bubble wrap) But that's it. Today it was -15 F outside and the coop was -5 inside. Not too much difference. Just a bit though to take a off the edge.
 
What kind of outlet did you plug this into. An extension cord, I’ve seen people use a hi/lol plug
Bogtown Chick said:






I can't believe that 6 days have zoomed by since I said I was going to get pictures. I'm sorry that these were delayed. I will blame it on the holidays! LOL

So anyways...mounting the flat radiant heater against a wall: It comes with adhesive Velcro strips to place on the heater and the wall it's to be mounted to. This did not set well with me as I trust that adhesive in a dusty coop next to zero. Then when I tried to adhere it to raw boards in the coop and in the cold the adhesive worked like mud. Not well at all. So what I decided to do is set the heater to rest on two longer torque screws...having it lean back against the wall. Then I took one screw and put it above the heater and closer to it so the head of the screw would catch the top edge of the heater if it should lean forward and then a screw on each of the sides so it couldn't "slide" side to side. When I remove the heater in the spring I'll just back out the screws and lift the heater off of the two longer screws it is setting on. It's crude on how it is setting up there...but I just didn't trust that Velcro...and this seems to work really really well.

Last night it was -30 F and the coop maintained at 0 F. Happy New Year to you!
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I have a flat panel heater in my chicken coop. With a thermostat connected to it. So I can adjust the tempature as needed. My husband calls my coop the taj ma hall of chicken coops. It's 10 by 12 with 8 foot high. Has 4 huge windows. Made of a cement floor. I know it's over insulated. Is made of a wood frame has white siding on the inside. Easier to just hose down if gets dirty inside and sided on the outside the color of our house. Husbund wanted it sided the color of our house as it is close to our house and street. Have 17 chickens inside it. With lights NO HEAT LAMPS just a wall sided heater. I know about ventilation. But the windows will be my ventalition. Before the chickens were put in it. I could of used it for a nice sewing room. The run is also 10 by 12. Takes almost 3 bags of pine chips for the bottom floor to cover the floor The flat panel wall heater. The pine chips Never TOUCH THE WALL HEATER.. i have it arranged that way. A LOT of thinking went into the design of this coop
 
I just bought a flat panel heater, going to mount it on the wall since it does get pretty hot to the touch and I don't want wood chips in contact with it. Taj Mahal comment made me snicker, hubby calls our coop Taj Mahen, 8'x12' shed converted and a 20'x30' outside run. I had to add a heated waterer (not happy with its quality but it keeps their water thawed). Flat panel hasn't been put in yet, looking for suggestions on how high to mount it and where (near perches or laying boxes).
 

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