Hello I’m a newbie nice to be here and need some help.

[truthgiver]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens. This is a great place to explore and hang out.

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[truthgiver]

Hi, thanks for joining us. Some good info from @DobieLover. Adult chickens are remarkably good at staying warm provided they are out of direct drafts and their coop is well ventilated.
Best wishes!

Thank you

 

[truthgiver]

What has the temperature been at night in your area? Can you post pictures of your coop?
Are you sure it's a fluorescent bulb and not incandescent? Fluorescent bulbs give off very little heat and 40 watts wouldn't make much of a difference at all.

16 degrees and we started with a 6o-watt incandescet and then a 40-watt fluorescent. My coop is small just big enough for 3 chickens inside and it is in a 10x10 dog pen with a tarp on the top and one side of the dog pen. We live in a subdivision and we have to keep them in except when we are chicken sitting and letting them free range. Because people here don't obey the leash laws.

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC. Great advice from @DobieLover

 

[KtheChickenGal]

My husband has been putting a 40 watt fluorescent light bulb in our little chicken coop for our 3 grown chickens.


Tonight it is supposed to be 16 or below degrees is that enough to keep them warm? We use shredded cardboard in there on top of the plastic grass squares that we used in the warmer months is that enough for them.


I used to raise chickens before I was married to him and the lived outside all the time and under a storage building and I never did any of what he is doing. None ever got sick or died so I need some advice he is afraid if he takes the club out now they are used to it and they might die without it is he right?

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Bsmac]

Hello! Welcome to BYC! Plenty of great advice has been given! Good luck with your flock!