Cold weather and new chicks outside

[Denensivet]

Hi my name is Deneen and I live in Kentucky and it's very cold here this year and going to get even colder like 8 or 9 degrees Fahrenheit my rooster and the 2 hens and now the 2 new baby chick's all share the same small coop I'm wanting to get something to be able to keep them warm I bought something that looks like a small flat screen tv but it's a heated device but it doesn't work well any suggestions

 

[Mamatomany123]

How old are they?

 

[Denensivet]

At least 7 days that I know of

 

[Mamatomany123]

Chicks that age need some sort of heat source. A mama hen, heat lamp, or heat plate. If you don't have a mama hen thing care of them then they can't be with the big chickens.

 

[Denensivet]

How old are they?

At least 7 days

 

[Denensivet]

Chicks that age need some sort of heat source. A mama hen, heat lamp, or heat plate. If you don't have a mama hen thing care of them then they can't be with the big chickens.

Yes the mother hen is with them but it's very cold I have a I guess a heat plate should I put that on the bedding so they can lay on it because I have it hanging on the wall of the coop they sometimes stand in front of it but sometimes they don't

 

[rosemarythyme]

As long as mama is attentive to their needs and smart enough to not stand outside with the chicks during the windy/wet weather, she should be enough for the chicks since there's only 2.

The heat plate is working exactly as intended, it's not meant to heat up a space, birds either need to be in contact with it or very close to it to benefit. A mama hen is not going to push her chicks over to it when she can generate the same type of warmth under her feathers.