Use of flat panel heater in the coop

[Mountaineer]

The only chickens I have with large combs are two Leghorns. They are really, really large. I'm not worried about the others.

 

[Texgal57]

Is your coop insulated?

We live in Texas and it gets down into the teens but there are windows on all walls, cupola on the top, so it's basically like they are outside. The hens I purchased are more HEAT tolerant than cold so I worry about them with the cold.

Will having a heater on low be harmful for them? The high will be in the mid 30's.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

I don't think your birds will need any heat for those temps. I don't turn on the heater in the coop until it's below zero. I have a small bit of insulation on my coop walls called reflectix (think silver bubble wrap) But that's it. Today it was -15 F outside and the coop was -5 inside. Not too much difference. Just a bit though to take a off the edge.

 

[Crazychickenlady97]

What kind of outlet did you plug this into. An extension cord, I’ve seen people use a hi/lol plug

I can't believe that 6 days have zoomed by since I said I was going to get pictures. I'm sorry that these were delayed. I will blame it on the holidays! LOL

So anyways...mounting the flat radiant heater against a wall: It comes with adhesive Velcro strips to place on the heater and the wall it's to be mounted to. This did not set well with me as I trust that adhesive in a dusty coop next to zero. Then when I tried to adhere it to raw boards in the coop and in the cold the adhesive worked like mud. Not well at all. So what I decided to do is set the heater to rest on two longer torque screws...having it lean back against the wall. Then I took one screw and put it above the heater and closer to it so the head of the screw would catch the top edge of the heater if it should lean forward and then a screw on each of the sides so it couldn't "slide" side to side. When I remove the heater in the spring I'll just back out the screws and lift the heater off of the two longer screws it is setting on. It's crude on how it is setting up there...but I just didn't trust that Velcro...and this seems to work really really well.

Last night it was -30 F and the coop maintained at 0 F. Happy New Year to you!

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[Bogtown Chick]

My coop gets power from an extension cord to a power strip. It's not the most ideal set up. But until there's power in the coop that's what I need to do.

 

[JULIE L CORWIN]

I have a flat panel heater in my chicken coop. With a thermostat connected to it. So I can adjust the tempature as needed. My husband calls my coop the taj ma hall of chicken coops. It's 10 by 12 with 8 foot high. Has 4 huge windows. Made of a cement floor. I know it's over insulated. Is made of a wood frame has white siding on the inside. Easier to just hose down if gets dirty inside and sided on the outside the color of our house. Husbund wanted it sided the color of our house as it is close to our house and street. Have 17 chickens inside it. With lights NO HEAT LAMPS just a wall sided heater. I know about ventilation. But the windows will be my ventalition. Before the chickens were put in it. I could of used it for a nice sewing room. The run is also 10 by 12. Takes almost 3 bags of pine chips for the bottom floor to cover the floor The flat panel wall heater. The pine chips Never TOUCH THE WALL HEATER.. i have it arranged that way. A LOT of thinking went into the design of this coop

 

[Liven42day]

I just bought a flat panel heater, going to mount it on the wall since it does get pretty hot to the touch and I don't want wood chips in contact with it. Taj Mahal comment made me snicker, hubby calls our coop Taj Mahen, 8'x12' shed converted and a 20'x30' outside run. I had to add a heated waterer (not happy with its quality but it keeps their water thawed). Flat panel hasn't been put in yet, looking for suggestions on how high to mount it and where (near perches or laying boxes).

 

[path.otto]

I saw an interesting photo of a flat panel heater mounted on the ceiling over the roosts. Thought that was interesting.

 

[RPM7]

I bought one from Target....and I turned it on for the first time last night for a night of -17 with -29 windchill last night. Tonight we're going to be -25 with -40 F Windchill. Today my coop maintained at the 10 to 15 degree mark with snow bunked up on the outside of the coop on the north and west sides for natural insulation. I'm tickled about it. I'm okay with my birds at 0 when it goes below zero I see them roosting and not scratching or doing their 'normal' chicken behaviors. They do just fine at 10 degrees without heat.

I understand your wanting to do something a bit more for them when it's colder than what YOU are used to...but those chickens will be just fine at 10 degrees F.

If you absolutely feel like you need to purchase one you will find it a very "mild" heater. The front of it gets warm...but you can touch it. The back is cool and I mounted it right to the wood wall in my coop. I love that it is flat and takes no space --is out of fluttering wings way and that it does not light up messing with my chickens' little ovulation cycles.

How many watts is it? So you mounted it on the wall and it got to minus 29 F outside but the panel kept the inside temperature to 10 f ,? The whole coop was 10 F. How big is your coop How tall?

 

[ChickyCh00k]

How many watts is it? So you mounted it on the wall and it got to minus 29 F outside but the panel kept the inside temperature to 10 f ,? The whole coop was 10 F. How big is your coop How tall?

Hello! This thread is 8 years old and the person you are asking hasn't logged on to BYC since February. You may want to start a new thread if you have questions about radiant heaters for coops. I'm not sure if the one discussed here is even still in production. You could check out Sweeter Heater.