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Heat Lamps, Chicken Coops and Fire

Heat lamps, chicken coops and fire do not mix. Do chickens need extra heat in their backyard coop in winter? No - and it can be dangerous even to try to keep them warm. Heat lamps in chicken coops have been responsible for hundreds of fires and the deaths of thousands of chicks and chickens. Find out what the safety implications and what the safest alternatives are.
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Heat lamp in chicken coop likely cause of house fire. Michigan April 2015.
4/10/15 Michigan. A chicken coop heating lamp ignited straw that was used as an insulator for several chickens inside, the chief said. The fire quickly spread to the two-stall garage attached to a home.
Heat lamp ignites house fire, Waco Texas. 1/20/17

Sad stories of coop fires started by heat lamps.

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