topochico225
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I had that heater, and it was compromised after the first ice we had with it and heated up enough to burn my fingers. Definite no from me unless you have outlets inside your coop.
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Great questions!In Central MN and are finally starting to experience the cold of the winters. We started raising chickens in early August and they are just starting to lay eggs. We made our own coop; and 8x8x10 insulated structure, four windows with a ventilation fan inserted in one and currently have plexiglass in the others. We were trying to avoid using supplemental heat because we thought the insulation would be good enough and we have 15 birds housed in it. The first below-0 night had our waterers freeze and the birds were huddled together for warmth. The coop is exposed on the North/West sides so any wind will quickly cool things down. No frostbite but we were concerned. Took care of the water issue with a heated dog dish under the waterer but are currently using the brooder lamp to keep the chill out of the coop. Not what we wanted but is working until we can come up with another solution.
I did a lot of research and saw the Cozy Coop Heater come highly recommended on various websites. Just want to get an opinion from anyone here who has actually used it. My husband wanted to mount a regular electrical heater to the ceiling but I have to assure him we don't need to get that extreme and the Cozy Coop appears to me more cost effective. Anyone here using it and love it? Hate it? If you do use it, where do you put it? We want to mount it on the wall but don't know if we should put it under the roost or directly above the bars (see pre-bird picture below). Any pictures you may have to give us ideas would be helpful. Thanks in advance!
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This right here….not a heater. The best the Cozy Coop heater can do is warm a chicken IF they stand right next to it. It will not raise the temperature in the coop. I have one. I placed it on a wall near the floor of the coop so they could stand ther to warm up if needed. Mine all completely ignore it. I still put it up in the winter, but honestly it’s for my own satisfaction, since the chickens continue to act as though it doesn’t exist at all.It's a warmer not a heater.
Is this a barred rock hen? I am new to chickens and my barred rock hens look like yours - but two are crowing! Too young to lay eggs sooooo…We have a similar situation with our coop as yours we installed those cozy heaters in our coop the only time I've turned them on was when it was 10below only for about an hour in the last 3 years I tell some of my city friends there a flat panel TV some amazingly beleave me but I really like them for extreme conditions our roos have very large waddles and combs never had frostbite as seen in my pic 3 panels are mounted on the wall but the key is vent vent vent as high as possible
We have a forecast of single digits next week, one night being -1. This is without wind chill. The wind always blows here. They roost in a large Overeasy coop https://overezchickencoop.com/collections/chicken-coops-1/products/large-overez-chicken-coop There is a red heat lamp, but was wondering if I should add the cozy coop heater a few nights or is the heat lamp light enough? If you look at the link I would put it by the little door they go out,
Lost all seven of my year old birds. They all took about 20 minutes to perish in the heat and smoke. The clamp on red heat lamp started the fire. Our friends use the same lamp, we thought we'd be fine. We even considered getting those enclosed coop warmers that don't have light bulbs and if we did this wouldn't have happened. I can't even explain the sense of helplessness and despair watching the our flock and coop go up like that right in front of our eyes.
If you have one of those red heat lamps in your coop I suggest re-thinking your climate control solution.
Here we are desperate to save our chickens, knowing that they were all dead already anyway.
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You may want to check out this recent thread on those heat lamps:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/coop-fire-last-night.1505970/
I've heard of the dust catching fire on the lamp itself which then it wouldn't matter what you string it with as you will have sparks falling into the litter.This is why we say to NEVER trust that clamp.
Put the heat lamp on a chain or a wire -- not flammable string.
I've heard of the dust catching fire on the lamp itself which then it wouldn't matter what you string it with as you will have sparks falling into the litter.