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morelcabin, Aha, respritory infections makes sense, heat and cold, heat and cold. That settles it, no heat light for my girls. We've always had horses and that was up by South Dakota, and we just made sure they had a good shelter out of the wind with straw, pine shavings, etc. So I guess, the...

What kind of sickness and how can a heat lamp cause that it? I certainly don't want to make my 2 girls sick, that would terrible.

Wow thanks everybody for all the great input. We're only in KS. and it can get chilly, not nearly as cold as Alaska. And that is so true abou if the electricity goes off. I had thought about that possibility too so I don't think I'll heat it unless it is crazy cold. They have plenty of hay and...

cmom, thanks so much for responding. I have a 25 watt white light that comes on at 6 a.m., and then I'll do the red heat light when it's good and cold. what do you consider cold enough to run the heat light?

Thanks Omran, We do have it securely tied up, with wire and I don't think I should need it but when it's very cold at night or the winds are making a wind chill factor. U hyst wirrt abiyt tgen because it's such a large space and they only have the 2 of them to keep each other warm.

We had a rotti shepard mix, and she loved kids soooo much. she would never come off her belly when kids were around, and they would climb on her, give her treats and she wouldn't take them unless they would drop them out of their fingers. Fabulous dog, the best we ever had, she was a dogs dog...

congrats on the upcoming human baby boy..love every moment, before you know it he'll be out collecting eggs. :frowThanks on the advice about the light.

Chickenwoman, so you don't think the red light is too bright, and will upset their naturalnight time rest?

My DH and I are getting our 2 girls ready for winter...they are in a part of the barn that is the size of a single car garage. There's pine chips on the dirt ground, hay and straw bales around the edges to keep the drafts out, and bales up to their roost. Being such a large building for just 2...