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Thankyou 21 hens.. I have had the chickens since November, no heat in coop at all. Its approx 50 square feet and well insulated, with 2 windows and air ventilation. 6 nesting boxes and they lay in all of them. I get a min of 4 eggs a day and 5 the odd time. Lots of wood shavings in the floor...

this is my first year for chickens. I got 5 Isa browns at 21 weeks and are all laying wonderfully. My question is. They will not go into their coop when its snowing. They stay outside from morning til I physically have to put them in before dark. Can they get sick from being outside such...