Coop Heater

[tredin18]

Does anyone use this heater?
http://www.ruralking.com/cozy-chick...m_medium=cpc&gclid=CO7flvHR9tACFdGCswodD7cI3g

Live in New Hampshire. Tractor type coop and pen are inside a larger shed for the winter. Nothing insulated but no wind can get in. Do I really need heat? I have 4 barred rock and 1 auraucana.

 

[sourland]

If they are dry and protected from wind, they should be fine without heat.

 

[Mrs. K]

No they don't need heat. Really by putting the set up in a barn, that is a dead space of air, which is an insulation.

Dry is what you want to keep your chickens. Wet chickens are cold chickens, dry chickens are warm. We got a major storm predicted tonight and the next day, so I added more bedding to the coop, more bedding to the run. I pile it up into mini haystacks, and after the storm, I will flip it on top of the snow.

Mrs K

 

[aart]

You don't need heat... but you do need ventilation.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1048597/ventilated-but-free-of-drafts

 

[p3scuba]

I wanted to share a heater i designed and built, its very effective and i believe pretty dang safe. When the coop is shut up for the night it keeps the temp about 20 degrees above ambient. . Easy to build, 5" ductwork, a few 6" duct pieces, 125 watt
heat lamp, (thermocube outlet, on at 35 off at 45)
Chickens can't break bulb, can't roost on it, dust can't get in.

Rich




heat

 

[snow5164]

Does anyone use this heater?
http://www.ruralking.com/cozy-chick...m_medium=cpc&gclid=CO7flvHR9tACFdGCswodD7cI3g

Live in New Hampshire. Tractor type coop and pen are inside a larger shed for the winter. Nothing insulated but no wind can get in. Do I really need heat? I have 4 barred rock and 1 auraucana.

I keep my coop above freezing with heat

,
We all make our own choices and yes they might survive without heat , but I see the difference when it's above freezing and I choose to provide it.

I have bought two different brands of that kind of heater from wayfair.com, one lasted one year the second a month. The problem is the electrical box ( usually on the backside ) , is not sealed so dust/ dander gets in . The first one started smelling like smoke , once disassembled the wires were caked in dust and it was burning, wires were black. We got our money back .

We now use a " barn heater" from peavey mart. $35, we blow it out every few days . Lasted 3 months so far , we usually run it 4 pm til 9 am. You want a heater you can see the fan and motor so you can clean it.

 

[snow5164]

This is what we have, hanging from chain from the ceiling ...

 

[9hensnarooster]

I wanted to share a heater i designed and built, its very effective and i believe pretty dang safe. When the coop is shut up for the night it keeps the temp about 20 degrees above ambient. . Easy to build, 5" ductwork, a few 6" duct pieces, 125 watt
heat lamp, (thermocube outlet, on at 35 off at 45)
Chickens can't break bulb, can't roost on it, dust can't get in.

Rich




heat

 

[9hensnarooster]

Is it closed at the bottom? I’m worried about an exposed bulb. I don’t need heat just now but want it for real cold snaps.

 

[NNYchick]

That is pretty neat. I wish he would have given more information. It doesn’t look like he’s been on the site since last November. It looks like the heat lamp is on the bottom. I wonder why not on the top and how tall it was.