Unusual below 0 temps coming our way...

Brooder/heat lamp in coop.

 

check out my post...( i can't do links sorry) but it's about putting hot rocks in my coop (search HOT ROCKS)...there RocketDAD had some great info about using almost boiling water in bottles that should help you out...I was thinking of using detergent bottles, they're thicker than milk jugs...
good luck...
melinda

 

I use boiling water in a Clorox bottle for a 4'x6'x4.5' house, bury it in the shavings and it's still warm in the morning at 12 degrees at night. And the inside of the house is warmer than the outside. You might also cut down some of the ventilation temporarily to keep the heat in. Don't close up the houses, but just to keep the heat in. I cut my ventilation by 60% and it seems to work. But I live in the high deserts of Colorado, with humidity around 15% so that works.

Good luck. It's been miserably cold this winter. As my friend said, "The cold has gotten into the bones of the houses." No sun for five days and highs of 25 are chilling.

Mary

 

Camelot, can you merge some of your birds together so they can help keep each other warm? There is heat in numbers.

 

If they are out of the wind, they should be fine! We go down below 0 often enough and my girls are all ok.... only thing is making sure they have water to drink.

 

Quote:I agree with this. As long as they're out of the wind, they'll do fine as long as they have a few to cuddle up with. I just put a heat lamp over the water bucket to keep it from freezing.

 

My water heater broke, so I don't even have that, I kick out ice and re-fill water dishes in the morning - lunch time and dinner time, they have access to the horses heated bucket and tank during the day.
So far its worked out for us....