Weening off a heat lamp?

[ChickenCanoe]

Quote:
They go in where they have imprinted that it's safe to sleep. If there's no light they'll start going in before dark and roost.

Please take the heat off of them. Cold during the day and heat at night is stressful for them.

 

[6RandomBrownLayers]

So if I went out now and unplugged the heat lamp, would that get them used to the darkness or just mess with them?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Once they are where they sleep, it won't matter. They'll stay put for the night which is the way it's supposed to be.

 

[cmom]

I have 7 watt night lights in my coops. At first I put the lights in for me so I could go out once in awhile and check on the birds throughout the night. I have found the birds on the floor of their coop when a light has burnt out and as soon as I replace the light they are up on their roosts. I also gave them some treats in their coop in the evenings. I started the treats when I had shut them in for at first few days and when I finally let them out they would go in for their treats in the evenings. Slowly I slowed down on the treats until I stopped giving the treats and they were going in without treats. It worked for me.