heat lamp dangers?

[jeaucamom]

The chicks made it outside, but with the night still being cool, plugged in a heat lamp, but the very edge of the shade is touching the painted wooden coop door, is this a fire hazard?

 

[nanawendy]

What's the wattage and is it a metal shade? I probably wouldn't chance it... can you move the thingy that the light is hung on?

 

[felidaet]

There are too many stories of coops burning down from heat lamps. I would not chance it. Sure sounds like a fire hazard to me. When I occasionally use a heat lamp on cold nights in the winter I make sure that it is no closer than 2" to any wood. This includes the metal shade.