Topic of the Week - Heat Sources: Yes or No?

[Debbie292d]

Heat lamps are for chicks not adults. I’d never use it for adult birds once power goes out then birds die from the cold shock.

Not sure where you live, but maybe your temperature variations are worse than ours, as here they don't die from cold or cold shock.

I recently had 6-week-old silkies outside frolicking around in 20°F, then running into their hutch. In the hutch, there's a cozy coop radiant heater, and with all 17 in there at once, I imagine it's a balmy 50°F. They'd warm up for a few minutes and then out they'd come again. Crazy!

The coops are heated to 40°F. They don't go outside unless it's 20°F or higher. If and when the power goes out, they'll be fine as they've always been for the last decade.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Not sure where you live, but maybe your temperature variations are worse than ours, as here they don't die from cold or cold shock.

I recently had 6-week-old silkies outside frolicking around in 20°F, then running into their hutch. In the hutch, there's a cozy coop radiant heater, and with all 17 in there at once, I imagine it's a balmy 50°F. They'd warm up for a few minutes and then out they'd come again. Crazy!

The coops are heated to 40°F. They don't go outside unless it's 20°F or higher. If and when the power goes out, they'll be fine as they've always been for the last decade.

I live in ny. I dont use any form of heat I even have budgies in aviaries they don’t even have heat and are fine. Birds are to dusty to be risking fires

 

[Knobby]

I don't provide a heat source for my flocks, even when the temps go to minus degrees, and they seem to be doing just fine. The main reason for this is that the nearest electrical outlet in 200 feet from my back patio. I had an estimate done, to run an underground wiring to the area, but at nearly $2k, that quickly faded. I just feed the flocks extra cracked corn prior to lockup to help them generate more heat, which in turn, heats up their coops.