How To Heat A Chicken Coop In Winter | Do Chickens Need Heat In Winter? Sweeter Heater
Вставка
- Опубліковано 23 лис 2024
- With Fall Comes Winter and we are prepared for the chickens with a Sweeter Heater for our coop this year to keep them warm though the toughest of cold days. This will help them regulate their body temperature and stay warm when we get down to the -40C the best way to keep your chickens warm is to keep them dry and this will defiantly help them dry off if they do get wet in the snow. We also have a thermostat that turns it on and off when it gets colder then -10C and the humidistat turns a fan off or on for ventilation. Heated water dish is also a must as water will freeze unless you plan on visiting your coop several times a day to chip away ice if you have a larger dish.
#chickencoops
#sweeter
#raisingchickens
Chicken coop plan: easycoops.com/...
Heated Water Dish amzn.to/47kxPBM
Sweeter Heater amzn.to/40FkjXH
Chick Cozy Automatic Door amzn.to/3FIWp3E
Temperature and Humidity Controller amzn.to/3sjBFwo
Camera equipment:
Canon R6 with a 24 -105mm F4 L lends. It has a 20mp Sensor hand shoots 120fps and up to 4K 60fps. it also has 10 bit internal video and 5 axis's image stabilization and 12 or 20fps shutter speed. A top notch auto focus system with stabilized lends for 8 stops of
stabilization: amzn.to/32nMCjq
Len's: Canon RF 24-105mm F4 : amzn.to/3rEp2aY
GoPro Hero 8 Black: amzn.to/3syUyGK
Parrot Bebop Drone 2: amzn.to/3sBIrZN
Joby gorilla tripod: amzn.to/342LtKR
Joby Griptight Pro 2: amzn.to/3cxS0B8
Mic: Rode Video Mic: amzn.to/30didjs
Camera's: amzn.to/3j1w5ot
Canon Power Shot SX30IS
Iphone 11
IPhone 14 Pro
Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that we provide we may receive a small commission.
Alberta content for the win! Our chicken journey starts this year!
Thanks for watching and best of luck. So far we have had such a good time raising our chickens and cant wait until spring when we can start raising some more.
Really appreciate this video. I've had chickens for the last 4 years (got them during Covid and not knowing what was going to happen next). I've used the red heat lamp before (however, it makes me nervous) and then the constant influx of chicken folks saying chickens don't need heat no matter what. Well, like you living in Alberta, I'm right below you in Montana. Like you, every winter we always have a severe cold front come through. We just got through a hard 30-45 below zero week-long pull. We had the same last winter. I only have 5 chickens and so I just brought them into the house in dog kennels for the severe cold. They were extremely thankful, trust me, haha. I also did it because, yes, it was just bitter ass cold. There were findings of dead, froze to death wildlife, and I found a few wild birds around the house, froze to death. I don't feel bad for bringing in the chickens. They have become my little buddies (but they are still chickens) and as humans, it is our duty to care for our animals and keep them happy and healthy. I'm going to look into the sweeter heater as you suggested and switch a few things around in my coop this spring to make next winter more comfortable. I utilize straw, the deep litter method, heated waterers, automatic doors, etc., like you, but I think I'll look into alternate forms of heating. Because, it's gets damn ass cold here in winter! Thank you again for this video, and not being just another chicken guy saying chickens are fine in any kind of cold! LOL. Blessings to you and yours.
If you seen our most recent video the sweeter heater worked till -30C but with the vortex coming in and -46C expected, we used a diesel Heater to keep them warm through this cold snap. We didn't want to risk them getting any frostbite or worse! Even with low humidity no draft, deep litter method and insulated coop a few of our chickens with larger combs still got some frost bite; this was with -60C wind chills, base temp of -50. which we hit for a few nights in a row. Hope your birds are all good and thank you for the great comment. I would recommend the sweeter heater but if its to cold I would still do more however with only 5 birds and a small coop it could be just fine. This cold weather is nothing to mess around with.
You are so nice 👍💕thank you for the care and love you give to the chickens 🐓☃️
Aww thanks; we like to treat all our animals well. In the end they are our family
Love the sweeter heaters. May try next season. We currently are using the cozy coop radiant heaters. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this video 😊
Yes the sweeter heater works amazing the chickens love it but the past week it couldn’t keep them warm enuf so we installed a diesel heater for the really cold months we get at - 45C
-45 is very cold for sure. Gotta take care of them like you said 😊
Excellent video... Good idea for my chickens here in Connecticut... Thanks
Our pleasure! Best of luck. So far we have no complaints
@@AlbertaAdventurerFamily Hello, in Canada here too 😊! If I have a heater with thermostat for my 3 chicken small chicken coop...what temperature you recommend I set it to please? Should I set it to like 5 degrees or much more or less? Thanks
That's so interesting about the light and egg laying, quite a bit of work required to keep chickens 🐔 in Canada aye... ya for eggs though so expensive in New Zealand these days
Yes it is a lot of work to get set up but then after that its just enjoying your chicken friends, general cleaning and maintenance. We never knew how much joy they would bring our family. Egg prices have defiantly come down here but the quality and taste of farm fresh eggs is amazing. Also we have been selling our extra eggs for the daughters piggy bank so that's an added bonus. Thanks for Watching; Cheers.
Did your sweeter heater make your ambient temp in the coop warmer? Currently it's 31 outside with 24 degree with chill. My coop cam above the sweeter heater says it's 53 in there. Normally my coop is right around the outside temps. It's our first winter with it. My coop is 4x4x6 (I can stand up inside), gable venting, 2 windows. I have the 40 inch sweeter heater about 20-24 inches above roost bar. I'm actually going to check the actual distance and adjust it. The chickens can be under it if they choose or roost away. Currently they are all crammed on the roost bar under it.
I would say it might bring the temp in the coop up a little bit but not much as it’s for just warming the chickens back up to take the chill off it’s probably made for more of a mild climate like yours we ended up using a diesel heater last year and this year set on a thermostat at 0’c our chickens had some days where it was - 40’c last year and didn’t wanna risk going below -15’c they all did fine at -15 in the coop so don’t worry to much if you don’t go below-15’c you chickens will be fine.
Great idea !
Thank you! Cheers!
nice heater! good idea - chickens don't always need direct heat - they will seek it out if they need it! do your chickens stop laying between seasons for a bit like ours do? the auto door opener is really cool, eh!
Yes they will seek it out when they are cold and the heater doesn’t heat the hole coop just the tops of the chickens. Yes they will stop laying without sunlight, our sun sets at 430pm and rises at 8am this time of year, the door is a must dont have to lock them up or let them out just have to check to Make sure everyone made it in. it’s ok in the summer but this one will work in the winter because it has a power cord not just batteries. Thanks for watching Mark! 👍
@@AlbertaAdventurerFamily u certainly do chickens right up there - good job!
Thanks! We like to think we’re giving them their best life they could have.
I would like to know at what temperature do you starts the sweeter heather running 24/7 ? I’m in Ontario first time chicken owner and really nervous about winter time I got a sweeter heater but would like to know around what temp you start it thanks !