Backyard chicken coop water heater
Posted on Mar 10, 2009 under Keeping chickens |
A simple answer to winter chicken keeping.
A 60 watt incandescent lightbulb under a flower pot keeps my coop warm and the water liquified…so far!
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A simple answer to winter chicken keeping.
A 60 watt incandescent lightbulb under a flower pot keeps my coop warm and the water liquified…so far!
Duration : 0:3:24
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Thanks for the idea …
Thanks for the idea! Our $45 heater also quit. We’ve been brainstorming all winter on how to make a homemade heater!
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Glad you like it. …
Glad you like it. I’ve actually downsized to a 40 watt bulb this winter and it’s working fine. I’ve added some insulated pads (astroturf covered with tyvek) to the wire floor of the hen house and this morning it was 30 degrees Fahrenheit inside while it was 10 below zero outside!
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Great idea. My $45 …
Great idea. My $45 heater base just quit and can’t affort a new one, so this is an awesome idea. I will definitely try this. Thanks for the American ingenuity.
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
I think I got the 1 …
I think I got the 1/8 (or was it 1/4?)inch camping pad stuff at Shopko. But WalMart and joints like that sell it. Dan
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
awesome idea! im …
awesome idea! im going to pass this one to my older brother who loves to raise chickens too!
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
hey, i realized i …
hey, i realized i never gave u the plan. do u still want it. did the camping material work. where did u get it?
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Cishcaz, It gets …
Cishcaz, It gets down to 15 or 20 below zero Fahrenheit…at least for a couple of nights most winters. Average nightime lows are around zero in January. Heaters might not be necessary. I spoke with someone last week who’s chickens did OK last winter in an unheated, small, closed (at night) coop. The big problem is that WATER FREEZES here in the winter. So my little heater keeps the coop 10 or 20 degrees warmer than outside and, perhaps most importantly, keeps the water wet!
Dan B.
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Do you have to …
Do you have to provide supplemental heat for the birds in winter? How cold does it get there?
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
okay haha
okay haha
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Her name is …
Her name is ovaraptor…the name of a dinosaur that they originally thought was an egg eater because they found its bones in a nest of dino eggs. Eventually somebody decided she’s not an egg eater, just an aggressive looking proto bird. (just like my white chicken!)
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
did u say her name …
did u say her name was avaraptor?
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Trucklover,
What’s …
Trucklover,
What’s the plan?
Dan
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
hey this is …
hey this is trucklover9. i made a plan of your chicken coop and it can help you make your coop better with the little space you have. you should check it out. do you want me to email it to you. the chicken coop make over is free. you just need scrap wood and thats it. let me know trucklover9
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
You’re welcome! …
You’re welcome! All three ladies made it through the roughest winter we’ve had in Wisconsin in year.
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Thank you for the …
Thank you for the idea.
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Armedatc, Well, …
Armedatc, Well, we’re all earthlings. I guess mammals have something in common with fowl, too.
March 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
This is very …
This is very interesting. I like the way you interact with your chickens.