Questions about heat lamps???

[ErikCH]

15F is not too cold for the chickens!! So, as everyone else expressed, no need for heat.

We have a doubly secured heat lamp that is connected to a thermostat. The thermostat is programmed to turn on the heat lamp when temps (in the coop at roost level) getto 15F or below. The coop is always warmer than outside, to begin with. Not by a lot, but still warmer. So, when we have had temps get to -17F for an extended period of time, the coop temp hovered around 0F, so we took some of the chill off, but not actually warm. Overall, the heat lamp does not turn on very often, and I’m not aware of it having turned on at all this winter, bc we haven’t gotten much below 15F yet.

Thank you for the advice!