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Annabellaa
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- Oct 2, 2022
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I really wish I could add a heat source I love the idea of having one but unfortunately it just isn’t in the cards for me. I am on a farm and the spot (the only place I’m able to put the coop) that I am keeping them is on the far side of our 4 barns. We lose power all the time and it usually takes quite a while for us to get it back considering we are pretty far out in the country. The generators we have are already allocated to the house and single barn on the other side of the property. I am worried that we will have a storm and will loose power for long enough that it will shock them more, a sudden drop in temperature that quickly. I have also been told they are a fire hazard and the coop is close enough to a large wooden barn that stores hundreds of straw bales it is just too much of a risk unfortunately. And I do not have the money at the moment to rebuild a coop using metal or purchase another generator. Worst comes to worst I will have to sell them as I do not want to harm them but that is my last resortWhy not just add a heat plate or lamp in with them? I don’t even expect my grown chickens and roosters to handle that low of temp. I have seen to many feet frozen to different objects at 20degrees Fahrenheit. (Not my birds but neighbors) I always give a heat source when it is freezing temps. My chickens and roosters won’t even come out of their coops when is cold cold or lots of snow on the ground. (Some say I’m ridiculous or they can handle it or my birds are spoiled) I’m ok with that. No one wants to be cold cold so I do what I can to at least make it tolerable for them. At that young I would definitely put a heat source for them especially if you are moving them from indoors to out as it’s still going to be a shock on them. Just my opinion