heat lamp

[nj2wv]

Welcome to BYC !!

 

[NickyKnack]

Hello!

Welcome to BYC and the coop! There's a lot of great peeps here! Feel free to ask lots of questions. But most of all, make yourself at home. I'm so glad you decided to joined the BYC family.

 

[Diannastarr]

Thank You my fellow Cheesehead. Good to know. What did you do about freezing water? And did you still get eggs? And nobody had any frozen giblets-I mean digits-uhm, waddles, combs, or feet?

when we lived in CT my chickens, about 20 of them, all free ranged and ate snow , and i would put fresh snow into a large bowl in the coop for the night , the next day it was back out for them to free range all day long, and in any weather i might add, but the coop was always open for them, i don t really know which breeds i had they were all given to me that's how most people i knew back then in the 1970's got their chickens , we gave each other hens , but mine were mostly all red hens , possibly sex links i believe , and my hens laid eggs into old age & were all very healthy. until i gave them away to a friend just before moving to FLA , and in fla we got more chickens....lol.. its hard to live with out chickens....lol.... if you are chicken addicted....lol.. and because i really love my chickens ...lol..so for all you chicken addicted friends out there , aint that the truth....lol...

take care

 

[rider45]

We are in northern Alberta and bought our first hens this summer. We converted an old playhouse - not insulated - into a coop. We were worried about the -35C weather but we keep reading NOT to heat.

. I have a trouble light hanging inside for the humans during the early morning and late afternoons. Maybe leave it on when the temp dips? Instead of an actual heat lamp?

 

[Raggedyroad]

We had a broody hen and no matter what I did I couldn't get her out of it. She had been broody for several weeks so we went to the local IFA and got 3 one day olds. The temp suddenly dropped the past couple of days. Not bad, only about 40 at night but I know new hatchlings need to be at 85 degrees for a couple of weeks. I found one of the new chicks dead this morning. I don't know if she was getting enough heat. The IFA suggested I hang a heat lamp about 4" off the floor of the coop with a 60 watt bulb semi close to where the hen keeps the babies. Does anyone have opinions on this or any suggestions?