(I know you're going to laugh...) uhm...(said in a small *very small* voice)
RIR's...
yeah I know... a pretty cold hearty breed - but... they really DO look cold, honest they do.
Run isnt heated (smartie pants hee hee) - and the coop is pretty draft free I believe - we do keep the...
so how cold is too cold for them then? They looked pretty pathetic at 28/29 degrees the other night inside their coop (with the 100w non-light heat emitter bulb on) when it was 22 outside - all huddled together close. I felt like a bad parent
the next day - the wind was blowing so terribly -...
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A 100w floodlight bulb -- red or white, as you prefer -- is $9.99 up here, and most things are more expensive in Canada than the US. Honest, just get one for regular floodlight use. The fixture it fits into is usually about $12 for cheap ones, up to $30 for fancy ones, around...
I tried a red heat light on my girls and they looked at me like I was trying to kill them and place them into an oven!
I switched to a ceramic heat emitter bulb instead - at 100w and now just ordered another one (coop isnt insulated) because its just not warm enough for them with our coop...