Heating the coop

[Jazzy_girl]

Very little or you will send the birds into shock if something goes wrong and they will refuse to go out ever. Just enough to keep the temps above 0-10F.

Sweeter heaters or other safe radiant heat sources. Don't use heat lamps, they burn down coops, break easy, etc.

Only heat if your winter temperatures regularly hit below 0 for more than a few days each winter or you have very delicate breeds. We do not need heated coops where I live and we tend to get about a week at 0 thru -10F each winter. The rest of the time it's usually around 10-25F. The worst we've seen from this is some dehydration and the tippy tips of frostbite on bigger single combs.

Its gets below zero here in WI. I'm wondering if the heating pads work for the below zero weather?

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Its gets below zero here in WI. I'm wondering if the heating pads work for the below zero weather?

If you have to heat, sweeter heaters and other radiant heaters are the way to go.