Everyone in my Facebook Homesteading Group is buzzing over this! So, let’s chat! Don’t make your homestead more complicated than it already is. Don’t bring more hazards to your farmstead. They have enough. Mother nature has a way of taking care of her own with minimal help from you as long as you do your due diligence as a homesteader. Stay warm. Stay safe. That’s always the goal! Heat lamps and supplemental lighting are just not part of our winter set up for our flock! Let’s go over why.
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Is straw warmer than hay? I am using hay that my goats throw on the floor, starting the thick bedding method but with that wasted hay. Thanks for your time!
Yeah, gotta hang them light, they don't fall over then..
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In your coops , where you are layering your straw, are those dirt floors?
Very cool! I could’nt be further from being a farm girl but I’m right in there as an admirer of all things farm!
I live somewhere without snow or harsh winters but find it very interesting hearing about the husbandry involved elsewhere in the world with tough winters. I have lived somewhere which experienced a huge fire which spread quickly across wheat farming land & sheds full of hay. So as soon as you mentioned the risk of fire involved with heat lamps I can tell you it's not worth it. There is so much on farms that is ideal for spreading fires fast. Fires move quickly and aren't easy to control. It's not worth the risk!
You have a great perspective and a very sensible approach to things. Thanks, for the information from Australia.
so happy to have found you
pickling is wonderful way to preserve eggs as well.
I just moved to Erin TN. Your channel is so awesome.
Patera, I am new chicken momma this year and can’t thank you enough for the education you have provided. I would not have made it this far with out your videos. My 3 beautiful Silkies and 3 Light Brahmas THANK YOU❤️
Heat lamp are not necessary for chickens that is a fact! Well ventilate coop is what it needs
but my chicken get cold…
what if the heat lamp is extra well secured
You sound exactly like Dolly! haha must be a Tennessee thing. I leave a small light on in my coop because I have to see what’s going on. I had 6 girls and now only have 5 because my lightest bitty was attacked by a hawk and her sister jumped in to save her and got killed. She did save them though. We are all heartbroken. Her best friend built a memorial with her feathers and laid an offering of bread crust near that. They then all laid down and started singing. I swear to god if I hadn’t witnessed it myself I never would have believed it. I have video and pictures! Chicken funerals are real.
Can I use a heat lamp for my chick's ?
I use supplimental led lights because my winter coop has only 2 windos that I have to close because of snow and so I need the light. I have my light on a timer.
That such good advise and l just love the igloo idea your creator friends are lucky to have you
I use a heat lamp with a ceramic bulb hanging inside the coop away from the bedding . It worked fine for 0 deg. temps and my chickens layed all winter long in the Upper Peninsula .
I agree so much about NOT using supplemental lighting. I don't use it. Everything needs to rest in order to thrive. I have 5, 6, and 7 year old hens that still lay.
my birds love three straw it's cute to watch them with it
Here's a question. If you got day old chicks in April and eagerly waiting for them to lay in December/ January, what can you expect? Will they follow the season, or will they be rip raring to lay eggs out of season?
I secured my heat lamp so that it cannot be moved. I was concerned for them when they get wet in the rain and then the temperature drops at night.
Seeing your hens make me homesick for my Mama and her chickens …she loved her chickens !
I worry about the feathers with the heat lamp. I'd absolutely have them on a thermostat if I ever used one, but our weather is mild enough that even a cold snap isn't concerning.
I love all of her videos, very informative.
Thank you so much for this. What people don't realize is that chickens have been around for hundreds of years even before all the things folks claim they need today. And guess what, chickens survived just fine back then.
I love your philosophy on how to raise chickens(animals)!I wish more people treated their animals nice as you!