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Yep! I know it is hard for new chicken owners to accept the fact that chickens, like wild birds, are adapted to cold weather in ways people can never be. Think about it, how many wild birds have you seen with frozen feet? Do they have really good winter boots with amazing insulation? I think...

23F is NOT AT ALL COLD for a chicken. REALLY IT ISN'T. They have down coats, wear them 24 hours a day. Fluff them up and stay warm. My chickens have NEVER had heat other than when they were babies. It gets down to -20F here - NO HEAT and NO sick chickens. Your concern should be: Adequate...

There are lots of threads regarding winter watering. Start by putting your location in your profile so people have an idea of just how much of a concern it is in your area. "It might get below freezing a couple of times a year" is a whole different ball game than "might go above zero during...

Oh geez, if the birds are fully feathered, get rid of the heat lamp. Your wallet will appreciate it and your chickens will too. Chickens LOVE to be outside and, once they are full grown, in weather we would not find inviting.

Egg production goes down because of the lower number of sunlight hours, not the temps. I can go for the "just in case" small heat source, everyone has to decide on their emotional "No colder than" tolerance point, just understand it IS NOT the "no colder than" temp for US, it is way, WAY LOWER...

You can put your location in your profile so people reading posts later on and in other forums won't keep asking "where do you live?" You say you you are getting laying hens, not chicks? Skip the heat lamp, they DO NOT need it now and don't need it later. My girls had no heat and it got down...

Wimpy stuff! My wife said one of our Cubalayas was burying most of her whole self under one of the bigger girls! I've seen Peep decide she wanted to be on the other side of another chicken and since she is too small to step over, she tunnels under. GOOSE! I've also seen the "higher" girls walk...

Something to do with the editor not working. It seems to be now: Drafts (or draughts if you prefer ) aren't so much the wind blowing but air moving. You can get a draft on a nearly windless day if rising heat escapes which pulls cooler air in. What you WANT is to be able to ensure than...

Know anyone with a real tractor and post hole digger? I don't think you will get a post in without a powered auger or the old fashioned "Miner's way" - a pick axe. Then you have to figure out how to back fill. Probably OK with the auger but I suspect the pick axe stuff will be nothing more than...

You bet Julie, I'm outta here ASAP!! My girls seem fine so far. The Anconas are showing a little greying on the tips of their combs but shy of locking them in the coop, enclosing it in plastic and running a dehumidifier plus heat OR heating the coop, the barn AND the entire outside...

I think the best design for a "closed coop" (assuming one gets to start from scratch) is the same as house attic venting. Soffit and ridge vents. Gable vents tend to work only when the wind is from a direction that it blows directly through them and in a small coop, that might not be much...

I'm late to the party and did wonder why this one made the front page when the https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/421122/think-its-too-cold-for-your-chickens-think-again thread has been active for over 2 years. But I can't help but chime in Background: coop is a converted stall in an OLD...