Heat lamp

[blackdog043]

No heat lamp and you have plenty of ventilation. If you let us know your general location, it will help in answering your questions also. That's good you are going to get hardware cloth. Check the prices on Amazon and walmart.com. They are usually the cheapest.

 

[aart]

It wasn't finished yet here, but does show what is open to provide ventilation. At the front the open part is 2 feet, decreasing for the six foot length of the coop, to almost nothing at the back. Their perch is about 18 inches off the floor.

Plenty of air there, but does it stay dry inside? Might need to block part of that to keep breezes off roost area.

Yup, my daughter informs me that when the weather warms up we'll be needing to go to hardware cloth to keep snakes out.

Maybe before, snakes aren't the only thing that likes to get them some chicken dinner.

If you let us know your general location, it will help in answering your questions also.

Ditto Dat^^^

 

[nana h]

No heat lamp and you have plenty of ventilation. If you let us know your general location, it will help in answering your questions also. That's good you are going to get hardware cloth. Check the prices on Amazon and walmart.com. They are usually the cheapest.

Northwest Georgia.

 

[aart]

Northwest Georgia.

Are you in the mountains......how cold do you get there?

 

[Hokum Coco]

should I use a heat lamp

My method for dealing with winter is quite simple one extra feeder of whole corn. I live in Canada subject to -40º. I have 67 trips around the sun. I have raised various types of chickens and birds for decades.

TLC still has to be provided to birds that may not be adapting well to the diet. For the most part birds are vocal happy and do just fine. NO HEAT NO EXTRA LIGHT please and thank you works fine for me and my flock.

If for any reason you find it necessary to supply electricity to your coop via extension cord.

Please employ a "Ground Fault Outlet" also use a "Safety Chain" in conjunction to any heat lamp or incandescent bulb after mounting.
One coop fire is too many and these precautions could be the difference.

A simple action such as a rodent chewing on your extension cord could be the cause of a coop fire and a ground fault circuit could be the difference in witnessing your coop in tack or a pile of smoldering ash.

P.S. There are now a variety of ground fault extension cords available in major retail centers that also would be a wise investment.

 

[Folly's place]

Your ventilation is great, although blocking wind and weather might be necessary, on the windward sides. Plastic sheeting works for that.
Hardware cloth well secured is necessary; any predator could rip your chicken wire off and get your birds! Please add it as soon as you can! Mary