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My chickens survived a few nights of -20 last winter. Their coop is unheated, uninsulated. It's not even really that tight. I give them oatmeal with whole fat yogurt in it in the mornings, which they love, and scratch before bed. They def stay inside more but don't seem that uncomfortable.

This was my question also! I have one hen who is molting - not the hardest molt I've seen, but def not feathered up like my others - and it's in the teens during the day and negative some nights. We put her in a cage in the garage during the night, but I'm worried that this will mess up her...

ok, thanks! I had always heard that they stop laying when they molt. She is a great chicken!

One of my chickens, a year and half old red sex link, looks like she's molting but she's still laying eggs. She seems healthy and happy. Her neck is kind of bare and she over all looks scraggly, with white "underfeathers" poking out. Just like a molt. She's never molted before. This chicken...

Hi Prayerwheel, Actually one of the things I would change is that you can't walk into it, so I think the walk in option would be great. I had a walk in where I used to live and it was much easier to clean out. With the regular round top and run sometimes they lay an egg in a weird spot or kick...

I thought I would post an update for anyone who is having the same problem and wondering what we did. As was suggested, both our chickens increased their egg size over time. However, the wynodotte always layed smaller eggs than the others, even though she was a big fat hen! Her eggs stayed...

I realize this question is fairly old and the asker certainly has a coop by now, but thought I would add my two cents for anyone still wondering. (and especially since I saw quite a few negative reviews that were not my experience at all.) We have had the round top coop with extra run for...

We have an Urban Coop Company round top coop with extra run here in very cold northwest Iowa. Our chickens were fine last winter, although they did stay up in the roost quite a bit. we put transparent shower curtains around the bottom to keep out wind and snow and took it off again when spring...

We got a coop from Urban Coop Company last summer when we were moving, with our chickens, from North Carolina to Iowa. Overall it has been a success. It is pretty pricey, compared to building one yourself, but we needed to get here and pretty quickly have somewhere for our chickens to live so...

oh, I also wanted to say what we did about the permitting. we looked into getting a certificate of veterinary inspection and the testing that is required and found out that it would cost about $150 PER CHICKEN! this seemed impractical for four pet chickens. So we risked it and just drove them...

Hi, I thought I would update after the move. Everything worked out wonderfully! We moved the chickens exactly as planned, except we put four chickens in one crate, instead of four in two. they drank out of rabbit waterers and didn't really bother with the fruit. They were perfectly happy...

Thank you both for your quick and excellent replies! I am relieved that the transportation plan sounds ok! Thank you also for the info on getting them into Iowa. I cannot get a permit until we get there, but I have a permit application and the municipal code and I was planning on having a...

My husband is planning to move four adult chickens from North Carolina to Iowa this summer (21 hours.) From what we read on BYC we thought this was possible. Someone we know (who does not have chickens) is convinced that our chickens will suffer and possibly die. This person is scaring us...

Thanks for responding! My kids are going to be really happy if we can bring the girls. We have 2 orpingtons, 1 wynadotte, 1 black australourp, 1 poland, 1 easter egger. I'm assuming they'll need a new kind of coop, but not until the fall. I'd love to connect with any Sioux City chicken...

Anyone out there with chickens in Sioux City? We are moving to Sioux City from North Carolina. We have six chickens who we love and would like to bring with us. We would love to have any information. issues we are concerned about are: 1) can we even have them here? looks like we have to...