Are you looking to make it easy on yourself this winter? Tired of frozen eggs, water dishes and getting less and
less eggs in the winter? We are here to help with tried and true heating solutions for your chickens.
Chickens will lay more in the winter, be more comfortable and live longer if you
heat provide some heat for them. Please read below for suggestions if you are unsure what you need:
Small Coop Heater Suggestions
The number one selling
item is the FLAT PANEL COOP HEATER- ECONOMICAL, Listed first below. Click on the item name, for a better description.
If
your eggs are freezing, try a small poultry nesting box heater. Can lay in the nesting box, or where chickens sleep. See Below-
also you can set plastic water's on top. 12 inches wide-
Solar Water Dishes, or Heated Bowls
The Solar Water
bowl is Thermo insulated,portable, and works up to 20 Degrees F
The
metal waterer, and metal base, work the best for really cold temperatures (10 degrees tested), and if you have more than 6
chickens.
Medium Sized Coop Heater Suggestions
You may want to consider
purchasing the following:
A flat panel heater that screws into the wall- listed below, our number one selling item-
This is safe
for a coop, and because there is no running fan like a space heater, that gets clogged with dust, this will last for years
to come. This is my FAVORITE heater. This uses only 5.5 amps and 650 watts and it doesn't run my electric
bill up. I have 2 in my coop, which is 8X12 or so. Doesn't blow air around and has a automatic safety shut off.
It does not regulate the temperature so you should get the thermo outlet or a temp controller, as well.
Overhead
Mount Efficient Heater- an Alternative to Infrared Heat. This heater is fantastic for newly hatched chicks as well
as heating your coop. Listed on the bottom of the page. This you can hang at any height and uses infrared heat, which feels
more like sun heat.
You will need a combination
of lamps, and flat panel heaters, or other products to keep all your chickens warm and water defrosted.
Four Bulb
Light Holder
You can put two
red bulbs and two Ceramic heat emitter bulbs into this and adjust 2 of the bulbs. This way you can have the red bulbs
or economy bulbs on in the day, and the no light ceramic bulbs on in the night time, so not to affect their sleep. The ceramic
bulbs we sell are expensive, but generally last 5 years, which runs you around $6-7 per year. This is actually a very
efficient and reasonable way to heat your pets/chickens.
Flat panel heater,
will radiate heat throughout the building, and the flat panel floor heater will keep waterers defrosted. This is the least
expensive to run, and only uses 650 watts of power, and emits plenty of heat.
Overhead mount heaters are great because there
are no hot spots, and they are very safe for pets. See below-
Temperature Controllers
If you are concerned about plugging heaters in because of a fire risk, then we
sell a temperature controller as well. When this senses that the temperature is above
what you set it (starts at 68 degrees) or turns on at 34 and off at 45, whichever device you plug into it. Then it automatically
shuts up to 2 devices that are plugged into it, OFF.
Hatching Chicken Eggs
When your peeps hatch, you may want to try a 150 watt ceramic
heater bulb. Make sure you put a thermometer inside the box or area you are keeping the peeps. Be careful NOT to burn them,
and leave plenty of room for them to move away from the bulb, if need be 95 Degrees the first week they hatch, and 5 degrees
lower each week, is the norm. The 150 watt is very hot, so you will need to keep it up relatively high, from the ground.
See Chicken FAQ'S for some common question and answers. Also the Poultry Forum has a wealth of information.
Product Satisfaction
I I have had UPS shatter a few heaters, but otherwise,
you can feel very comfortable ordering from us! I have chickens, and have and use all these products. I have had my
ceramic bulbs for 3 years now, and so far they are still running great and keeping my chickens warm in our cold Pennsylvania
winters. I am going on my 6th year with my flat panel coop heater that works great. I have a few small 12 inch coop heaters,
in the nesting boxes that my birds sleep in, as well. I hope you find this helpful, for your heating solutions this winter!
Please email me if you need some help figuring out what to purchase.
