Are my chicks too cold?? Need replies ASAP

[cluckmecoop7]

I moved my 4.5 week old chicks outside to a small coop with a heat lamp this evening. I needed to because of some new chicks.
The temp outside right now is 43F. When i feel underneath the heat lamp it’s toasty warm and perfect…and if they snuggle together they’d be even warmer! Problem is, they are peeping as if they are cold…. Idk what to do and I don’t have many options tonight. Plz reply asap.

 

[The-White-Elephant]

I moved my 4.5 week old chicks outside to a small coop with a heat lamp this evening. I needed to because of some new chicks.
The temp outside right now is 43F. When i feel underneath the heat lamp it’s toasty warm and perfect…and if they snuggle together they’d be even warmer! Problem is, they are peeping as if they are cold…. Idk what to do and I don’t have many options tonight. Plz reply asap.
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Can you estimate what the temperature is under the heat lamp?

 

[Lady of McCamley]

They look fully feathered, so don't need close heat lamp. I doubt they are cold. They would all be huddled under the heat lamp together. They are likely cheeping because of the change in environment.

Please forgive me for a word of warning, but I personally burned a coop down is just a situation as this. Fully feathered young pullets out in the new coop with a heat lamp. It was rated outdoors. Extension cord brand new and rated outdoors.

Sometime in the night something ignited (likely dust above the heat lamp) and the whole thing went up like a roman candle. It had to happen sometime between when I went to bed at midnight and when my husband got up at 6am. There was no sound at all.

It burned the extension cord halfway back to the house, threw the breaker on our outdoor lighting, and burned the whole thing down to nothing but a campfire ash with metal fixtures. It must have been a matter of an hour or less. Neighbors heard and saw nothing.

We are very fortunate, due to our normal wet in Oregon, that we didn't set off the firewood pile in our yard, the neighbor's yard, and the whole neighborhood.

I've had two chicken friends also burn a coop down with heat lamps.

Just a heads up to be extra safe.

LofMc

 

[The-White-Elephant]

They look fully feathered, so don't need close heat lamp. I doubt they are cold. They would all be huddled under the heat lamp together. They are likely cheeping because of the change in environment.

Please forgive me for a word of warning, but I personally burned a coop down is just a situation as this. Fully feathered young pullets out in the new coop with a heat lamp. It was rated outdoors. Extension cord brand new and rated outdoors.

Sometime in the night something ignited (likely dust above the heat lamp) and the whole thing went up like a roman candle. It had to happen sometime between when I went to bed at midnight and when my husband got up at 6am. There was no sound at all.

It burned the extension cord halfway back to the house, threw the breaker on our outdoor lighting, and burned the whole thing down to nothing but a campfire ash with metal fixtures. It must have been a matter of an hour or less. Neighbors heard and saw nothing.

We are very fortunate, due to our normal wet in Oregon, that we didn't set off the firewood pile in our yard, the neighbor's yard, and the whole neighborhood.

I've had two chicken friends also burn a coop down with heat lamps.

Just a heads up to be extra safe.

LofMc

Really sorry for your loss

But I do agree with you.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

They look fully feathered, so don't need close heat lamp. I doubt they are cold. They would all be huddled under the heat lamp together. They are likely cheeping because of the change in environment.

They aren't fully feathered yet.

Please forgive me for a word of warning, but I personally burned a coop down is just a situation as this. Fully feathered young pullets out in the new coop with a heat lamp. It was rated outdoors. Extension cord brand new and rated outdoors.

Sometime in the night something ignited (likely dust above the heat lamp) and the whole thing went up like a roman candle. It had to happen sometime between when I went to bed at midnight and when my husband got up at 6am. There was no sound at all.

It burned the extension cord halfway back to the house, threw the breaker on our outdoor lighting, and burned the whole thing down to nothing but a campfire ash with metal fixtures. It must have been a matter of an hour or less. Neighbors heard and saw nothing.

We are very fortunate, due to our normal wet in Oregon, that we didn't set off the firewood pile in our yard, the neighbor's yard, and the whole neighborhood.

I've had two chicken friends also burn a coop down with heat lamps.

Just a heads up to be extra safe.

LofMc

I'm sorry for your loss. I hate having a heat lamp but sadly I don't have a choice.