Coop Thermometer

[The Tinman]

I just put one in yesterday. This morning temp outside was 0. The temp in the coop 32.

 

[bostonam]

which model?

 

[UspsMatt]

anyone have links or names of the thermometers they use, wireless so i can see temps from inside so i know to turn on heaters or now would be perf.

 

[K0k0shka]

anyone have links or names of the thermometers they use, wireless so i can see temps from inside so i know to turn on heaters or now would be perf.

This is the one I have:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009Y7RPS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I like having the wireless thermometer in there, so I can check the temperature from the house. Unlike others who have posted earlier, knowing what the temperature is in there has in fact resulted in a change I'm in the process of implementing. I knew it got hot in there in the summer, but I didn't realize JUST how hot. And not just that, but also, how long it took for the coop to cool down in the evening, even when the outside temperature was dropping pretty quickly. My coop has big open windows and huge vents all around, so I thought it was fine, but it turns out, it's not - it holds heat. So, as a result of the readings, I just built a screen door for it with hardware cloth, and am about to install it tomorrow to replace the solid (human) door for the hottest months.

 

[UspsMatt]

Thank you. thats exactly what i wanted, wireless. i have my heat lamp on a remote switch i can turn on from inside the house. thanks again

 

[aart]

And not just that, but also, how long it took for the coop to cool down in the evening, even when the outside temperature was dropping pretty quickly

Same problem here.
Put a fan in the east window to blow in cooler air in late afternoon, helps a lot.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/window-fan-mount.75608/

Thank you. thats exactly what i wanted, wireless. i have my heat lamp on a remote switch i can turn on from inside the house. thanks again

Why would you need a heat lamp....do you have baby chicks out there?

 

[K0k0shka]

Same problem here.
Put a fan in the east window to blow in cooler air in late afternoon, helps a lot.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/window-fan-mount.75608/

I did just that, before I saw your comment It’s not a box fan, but I had two desk fans lying around so I put one of them in front of the (east) window blowing at the roosts, and the other one up in the east vent.