Hi! I am new to raising chickens, and I am in the process of setting up my first coop enclosure. I live in upstate NY, where temperatures are regularly below freezing this time of year. I am planning to move a half dozen ~7 month old cold hardy pullets into a small enclosed wooden coop with an attached small enclosed run. My plan is to place both the coop and run inside of an uninsulated and unheated but very sturdy cinder block building on my property (at least for the rest of the winter). I may insulate the coop itself with "bubble foil" to keep the heat in. My thought was that I could place a couple of the red heat lamps outside of the coop, one directed onto the run area and one shining on the coop itself. I would probably suspend the lamps from the rafters of the cinder block building by a couple of chains. These heat lamps would be "indoors" to the extent they would be inside the cinder block building and not open to the elements, but they would be outside the coop (not in danger of being knocked over into flammable material by the chickens).
I am a complete novice when it comes to raising chickens, so any advice you all can provide about this set up would be greatly appreciated. Are the heat lamps and/or bubble foil insulation overkill if the coop is already out of the elements?
Thanks,
Scott
I am a complete novice when it comes to raising chickens, so any advice you all can provide about this set up would be greatly appreciated. Are the heat lamps and/or bubble foil insulation overkill if the coop is already out of the elements?
Thanks,
Scott
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