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Basically. You are forgetting about the importance of a coop design that provides copious ventilation as well as draft protection at roost level. Those are critical parameters that permit the birds to keep themselves warm. No, you don't need to provide supplemental heat in those temps.

I bet they've never owned a chicken in their lives.

How much ventilation did the coop have? Were the birds properly protected from drafts? Were they large single combed birds that are much more prone to frostbite than a tighter comb, like a pea or rose? Did the birds go to roost with full crops to digest and keep their metabolisms revving all...

My birds experience -20 to -30C so that is typical for my area. They do fine. In colder climates, it would be better to get breeds developed to tolerate colder temperatures than to add heat. There are many valid reasons to avoid supplemental heat. Most people that go on about needing to heat a...

Because in my climate and most, they are not needed and are more of a risk/ unnecessary expense than a benefit.

I would never heat the entire structure. Birds were never intended to live in a heated structure. What happens when you lose power and the birds are suddenly plunged into the much colder ambient temperatures? The stress can kill them. Birds are designed to acclimate to cold temperatures, within...

Hello Danny, and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.