Coop heaters

[Folly's place]

x2. Is your generator hooked up to the house and goes on automatically? Is it serviced regularly? Gas or propane stored and available? That's the biggest issue with heating; it can go out!
I lost over twenty ready-to-hatch chicks in an incubator years ago, when the power went out while I was at work. Bad luck, and not going to kill adult birds so fast, but just be prepared for that power outage.
Mary

 

[Bound to Sea]

All very good points but when the temps drop to -40C with the wind chill, I am happy to have a heater in the coop. It would not be a problem to move my flock of 8 into the gas heated garage with the Coi if the power ever did go out. Power loss rare in my part of the country. All possibilities considered. Thanks