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Thanks for your thoughts! This concern comes from some coop renovations I made last year, the hens were in a very small roost on one side and a built a nice, larger, new roost on the other side and they all just flat out refused to sleep there. I gave up after a couple weeks of trying to get...

Funny this thread started today as my daughter has been bugging me to ask for some advice from the experts on backyard chickens! We have 3 hens (1 year old) and now 3 pullets that are about 8 weeks old. I built a 4' x 8' A frame addition for the new chickens that is attached to the old coop. Old...

Got it! Your chickens are absolutely adorable!

Brrrrrrrrrr, the temperature just dropped to 4 degrees Fahrenheit! Our chickens are absolutely refuse to come out of their chicken coop! I think they don't want cold feet.

All of my eggs keep getting frozen and then cracking. I am getting irritated with the weather and don't like frozen eggs. What can I do?

I'm sure I'll be welcome here and I am looking forward to meeting some more chicken people! I want to remind everyone that I would love it if everyone could post their chicken pictures here!

Right now in Western Michigan, the actual temperature is about 16 degrees Fahrenheit, but with the wind chill, it's about -2 degrees Fahrenheit.

Aww... Sweetie Belle is the cutest chicken name ever! She sounds like a nice bird, but probably not as nice as my girl Pumpkin!

"And this is your Grandfather, Sir Speckles"

Oh and by the way, what's the chickens name on your avatar? That chicken is adorable!

Your welcome! If you have any further questions, please ask!

Oh and, it is bad for the chickens health to not sleep up high because it is bad for them to sleep on their droppings. Their natural instincts also tell them to roost on the high grounds.

They still can sleep on the shavings but it is better to have a roost.

What's that? Maybe it has food!

I am so good looking,they'll all fall for me!

Hey,what are you looking at?