Brooding chicks outside in winter

[Debbie292d]

Great to hear. That's what I have. The cozy coop plate. I really like that one. I emailed them and they said the ambient temp cannot be below 60 ish. But I do have heating mats to put under it covered with some construction sand as well.
Nice pics.

There's something wrong with what they said, as if the temp can't be below 60-ish, it's hardly worth it.

Those work all winter long here, when it's -40F even. They last around 5+ years being run 24/7 for 6-8 months a year. We've got four or five of them.

 

[debid]

There's something wrong with what they said, as if the temp can't be below 60-ish, it's hardly worth it.

Those work all winter long here, when it's -40F even. They last around 5+ years being run 24/7 for 6-8 months a year. We've got four or five of them.

It's likely a CYA answer. They can't promise it will do something that wasn't tested.

 

[hanneke]

There's something wrong with what they said, as if the temp can't be below 60-ish, it's hardly worth it.

Those work all winter long here, when it's -40F even. They last around 5+ years being run 24/7 for 6-8 months a year. We've got four or five of them.

It's probably a legal thing. They don't want to be accountable for problems.

 

[Debbie292d]

It's probably a legal thing. They don't want to be accountable for problems.

I wouldn't worry about it. I will mention though that I would advise anyone considering buying a Cozy Coop to stick with the name brand one. Once I bought some off-shoot that looked almost identical. After a couple of years it died. My hubby, an electrician, evaluated the differences between them and said the off-shoot was a poorer design, and to stick with the Cozy Coop brand ones even if they are more expensive. They last longer.