We all do the best we can do with the knowledge and resources we have at any given time. No need for any shaming or guilt. Thank you for sharing your experience with the forum. I'm sorry for your loss.
I need some input...
My Speckled Sussex have been with me for 4 seasons. They all appear healthy and are happily laying eggs. But all of the sudden one of my girls (Olive) is relentlessly attacking her flock mate Nell. Yesterday I found Nell in the nest box with Olive stacked on top of her...
Don't know for sure, but I can say that one of my girls will sneeze if I have just poured feed into the container and a little bit of "dust" (from the feed) gets in her "nose"
I'd be very careful with the heat lamp, just read an article today about a coop/run fire in Duluth, MN that did...