OH, MY ACHING BACK!! Spent the day cleaning the coop and preparing for cold weather. No, I'll not be using any supplemental heat but our small coop was made of mostly "reclaimed" materials and had plenty of drafty gaps which we covered today. I used sand in the coop during the summer - which I...
This is my first winter with chickens and I'm in Virginia. We don't normally get brutal winters but will have cold snaps that will go to -5 or so not to mention the occasional ton of snow. However, I do lose power quite often.
I don't plan on heating my small coop due to potential fire danger...