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I think what your hens are trying to tell you is that heat lamps are for hens in really cold places, not for Florida hens . They're telling you that you need to get rid of the heat lamp because they need to develop their "winter coats" so they can withstand those moderately cool temperatures with their own natural resources. Your hens are telling you that you're wasting money on electricity when you could be spending it on important things like chicken massages or hiring a pool cockerel.
What my chickens are telling me is that there are really spoiled chickens down in Florida, that it's inhumane to even think of letting them live in an unheated Maine coop when temps drop below zero like they just did. They're telling me that if they can't have enough electricity to power the tanning salon they're planning to install (they're buff-colored already for crying out loud!) or if I don't install the wide-screen TV so they can watch the latest Chicken Scene Investigators (CSI) then they will go on strike in soidarity with their Southern Sisters.
Do us all a favor and pull the plug. It's warm down there. That's why old Mainers move there.
Wayne
