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Herein, how do you heat a chicken coop?
Here are seven steps to help ensure your birds are protected from cold weather.
- Minimise drafts.
- Keep your coop well ventilated.
- Use the 'Deep Litter Method'
- Use sunlight to trap heat.
- Make sure your chickens can roost.
- Make them a sunroom.
- Protect against frostbite.
In respect to this, at what temperature should you heat a chicken coop?
Unless you're brooding chicks, you don't need to keep a coop toasty warm, but I do suggest keeping your coop around 40° F. So if you want your birds to produce through the winter (in cold climates specifically), keep your coop's temperature within your chicken's comfort zone for best results and happy hens.
Chickens can survive quite well with temperatures down into the teens. In fact, if you place a thermometer in your coop overnight, you will likely find the temperature has maintained in the thirty to forty degree area. Each chicken has generated enough heat to keep themselves and flock mates warm.