Got my flat panel coop heater!

[MTtroutwithwings]

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Where the heck is Tonopah? I was born & raised in Tucson and ever since I left in'81 I keep hearing of places I'm totally unfamiliar with. Just curious!

 

[bald egg]

I have seen these flat panel heaters on other posts; my question is why did you choose the 400 watt model over the 150 watt model. Is there any thing wrong with the lower wattage unit? The 150 watt system is less than half the price. Is it true you get what yopu pay for. Wind chill was around -15 this morning. BRRRR

 

[EweSheep]

Oh goodness!

I had two birds that came from FL as six months old and they tolerated the Illinois cold pretty well!

They will be fine, believe me they are pretty hardy animals when proper shelter is being given.

 

[The Sheriff]

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I ordered four of the 150 watt heaters from Amazon to put in my breeding pens. AFTER I ordered I read the reviews. Those heaters are meant to go under your desk and keep your legs warm but they got mostly bad reviews. I hurried and cancelled my order. Most people said you had to get very close to even feel the heat. So I did not want to waste money on something that probably wouldn't work. The other complaint was no on/off switch to know if it's on or not. That won't work for me either because I would forget and leave it on till next summer.

 

[teach1rusl]

I had browsed around looking at those flat panel heaters recently after reading people's opinions about how unsafe heat lamps can be in a coop. You said it didn't really "heat" that much, but it definitely felt warmer in your coop than outside. Can you compare it to a heat lamp (assuming you've used heat lamps to heat the coop before??)...the warming factor? Do you feel that heat lamps make it warmer in the coop than the panel heater, or about the same? I'm guessing that the 400W flat heater will cost more to run than...say...a 250 W heat lamp bulb? Hmmmm...just trying to figure... Anyhow, it's nice to find a thread where others try to make their chickens a little more comfortable

My girls wish they could be California chickens...hehehee...they are definitely fair weather birds!!!

 

[Cluckthorne]

I just fired up the same heater in the coop up here in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We had -15 windchill today, blaaa. I hooked it up to a baseboard heater thermostat so I could tune the heat and it is maintaining a perfect 43 degrees. I bought it on ebay for $99 shipped, it is the exact same 400w eco heater.

 

[PDXRN]

Wow I feel bad, my poor little chickens must be freezing! We have recently had extremely cold weather here is Oregon (cold for Oregon that is). It has been as low as 9F here and I finally put a seedling heat mat in between two pieces of plywood and put a waterer on it. It also has a bit of extra room for a couple of chickens to sit on. So the water has not been freezing, the plywood is warmer than ambient but not by much amd several chicken are roosting still anyways. Every morning when I let them out and give them some warmed treats they are rip roaring ready to go. They do not seem to think it's as cold as I think it is. They are still laying and I not noticed any frostbite on any combs yet. My coop is made of lightweight plywood is not insulated but it is fairly draft free. The other day I came home and it was about 25F and they thought it was warm enough for dust bathes in wet sand. So I don't really think this cold weather is bothering them at all. I keep looking for changes in their behavior but have seen none. For the record most of our chickens are about 26 weeks old with two of them around 18 weeks. We have 2 SLW (one roo one hen), a PBR, Polish, Houdan, Ameracauna and a BO.

 

[gsim]

So cal chooks are wussies! na-na-na-naaa-na.

 

[write2caroline]

What about using those heaters you place under a lizard tank. They are pretty in expensive and made to be underneath- you could warm up the roost that way maybe?
Just wondering

It Freezes in Jacksonville Florida sometimes too! My neighbors turn on their waterers on the plants they want to save and the plants are encapsulated in ICE which protects them and looks really beautiful.

Caroline
Jax FL

 

[purpletree23]

For our coop I purchased a sweeter heater. You can google it. Works great but can actually make the coop too warm because our coop is insulated, so I also purchased a thermostat built into an electric cord from Mor Electric Associates (google them) This way I can connect the sweeter heater to the thermostat and have the heater go on at 30degrees and it goes off around 35degrees. Keeps the girls cozy but not too warm.

If you do purchase the sweeter heater tell them that it is for poultry and you should get free shipping.

The sweeter heater is a sealed unit, does not have a fan so dust will not accumulate and catch fire and is actually washable using water and soap.