Using an oil heater in coop?

[Penpal]

You can get radiant heat bulbs for much cheaper than a Sweeter Heater, but on the same principal.

 

[NoviceSebastopol2024]

Hi all. This will be our first winter with chickens. I have been reading the how to heat my coop threads and saw a suggestion of using an enclosed (porcelain?) oil heater. The kind that looks like an accordion. I just happen to have a couple of those but was wondering if it can be used safely on the floor with hay? Or should I build a platform for it? Is it a fire hazard? I want to be safe, and to be honest I don't really know what I'm doing......lol

My advice, I would use the sweeter heater that hang from the ceiling on their top roosting areas. I live in the north that gets up to -60 and no one goes outside for their safety. I would never NOT heat coop, but keep the temp at 50-55 degrees. Chicken normal temp would be 60-75.