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Yes, I have only noticed frostbite on the combs of my larger birds. Their toes seem to be pretty good. Their roosting bars are flat 2x4's so they are able to keep their feet warm. With the Woods style coop I have noticed a lot less humidity. In the previous coop I did put a lightbulb in it...

My birds are in their newly built woods coop. They are much better off than my previous coop but with -31 temperatures here last week, I also noticed a lot of frost bite. My silkies in another coop do not have noticeable frostbite. I have spoken with farmers in the area who have birds in their...

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Thanks. It is interesting the balance of fresh air vs drafts. Many of the posts here helped me with that.

I really have appreciated reading many of the articles on this site. I have been raising chickens for about 10 years. It all started when my family was in a store and my wife said they were offering a good deal on ducks. I said I was not interested in ducks but would have taken them if they...