I never thought I’d care as much as I do. But I am willing to take everyone’s advice about the heat lamp. I will remove it from the run. Not that I’m worried about burning it down. I don’t want them to get used to it and then we lose power or whatever and they freeze to death.
Sorry guys, I may be a little more over concerned than I need to be.
the coop and run are dry. I am in CT.
yes they are all fully feathered. Maybe I just feel bad I don’t know. I guess I will eliminate the heat lamp all together. I do know last night when I got home 7 of them were all cuddled...
I had it on the other night when it was chilly out but not as cold as it will be tomorrow night. I had the door open so they could sit under it if need be.
I woke up around 4am and looked at the coop and they were all under it besides my 1 year olds.
I have 9 chickens.
2 are about a year old.
1 is about 5 months old
6 are 3 months old.
I have a 10x10 run attached to my coop-I built a custom roosting bar with a heat lamp above it.
the heat lamp is NOT inside the coop-not near the coop. But it’s going to be in the mid 20s tomorrow night...