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. Great questions! I have a large coop and only 12 birds so I add a heat lamp at 0 degrees . Why ? Because I do not stuff my coop full of birds and there not the heat mass a lot of birds can make. I put a heat lamp at Zero and below for this fact. Never had problems, my girls are well over...

what a totally snarky reply. Not helpful, just plain snarky.

that is a terrible chicken owner, make me sick. Call the human society. I keep twelve in a nice double insulated coop, just cause people say they do fine does not mean a little comfort for all they give is not in order. My pen is totally warped in winter, but we do keep a small window at the...

I added a heat lamp for babies , to take the edge off the cold, my chickens loved it and produced all winter long. My coop is big enough for 20 hens, there are 8 residing in it and the lamp only took out the sting off bitter cold. I will use it again this winter .

I think that's awesome you added the warm rock, I'm sure it heated the coop well for them quit a while . Maybe if you put it on something like a brick it will stay warmer for longer, ? Cool idea !

M coop is not wrapped in plastic, my pen is done nicely. ( you can see my pictures ) and the pen has an opening above where the coop meets pen and we left that top part open for ventilation.so with ventilation over the pen, and above in the coop, I have never ever had frost bite.

Well Jack that is one nice coop, would not mind having it my self. Do you use a tin can heater to keep water from freezing? I see a cord going in. I'm just more comfortable with coops with window over screen, but what ever works for you all that's cool. Everyone has a way they like to keep...

nice coop, great for warm climates.... Yeah I know yours is in winter but for me I rather keep mine a bit warmer then open air . And yeah, my girls are out all day and evening in there wrapped pen, with. NO mud , wet cold snow etc. We keep the pen door open to go out if they choose, some do...

yeah no heat I get it, but I think it's just comon sence to insulate. Drafty cold coops I believe hasten the life of birds. Like my vet said, if people leave there dogs out in the cold that dog suffers, his bones his health. As with small animals. They may run around in the morning but the cold...

Ok I saw you have a 20x15 pen, you can do a few things now to block snow, add hard wire to the top then tarp over that. Ir just chicken wire on top Then a heavy duty tarp held down with real heavy duty zip ties. Is your pen wood or metal?

Vicki, how wide is your pen? Can you throw over some 2x4s and the a real heavy tarp over that and held down by zip ties ? We did this last year, had to jump up and knock snow off but it lasted. We used a 10x10x10 dog kennel, and just added a heavy duty tarp that was 2 feet longer all the way...

I had the pen made with an over hang... this w2ay we could tuck the plastic up and under to help when the winds become terrible. we have more slats to add to top and bottom, but its working wonderfully so far. and its nice and light inside the pen for them..

I have 2 rhode island reds, a rhode island red and Easter egger mix ( blue eggs) and 2 buff orphingtons , 1 light brahama 1 austerlorps.and a coco maran. Also have 2 Easter egger chicks 4 weeks old. I will take pictures of my pen today . You could put a giant tarp over the top like we did last...

Wow so yours is out of the wind, you have it made. We had high winds yesterday! We got the slats going to head out now to finish up with them and all is well. They love it when there run is covered, no wind and my baby chicks are better off. Long winter ahead, we got a slight snow last night...

Finished up the coop, totally wrapped and looked at the back where we did the back side and sure enough the plastic was coming off the staples, duh ! So I remembered I saw some show that was filmed in alaska where they made a green house and put slates over the plastic where the staples were ...

My run is weird shaped, I had it dne this way so snow rolled off the back . I know the plastic is not as clear as I would have liked, but last year I tarped my whole pen in blue and grey tarps and that was pretty dark, they still laid a lot lol. My coop has windows on every side so there coop...

thanks bruce, tsmall for my pen, it's 9 feet tall in front and the back is 6 ( slanted roof) it takes a lot to wrap it as it is also about 12x 17 feet long . For 10 or 12 chickens

Dang Bruce that would be much better! What did you pay for it and what was the size? I doubled the 6 mil so there is a double layer of protection, we shall see how it plays out, I really like the look of tat see through tarp. I'm ordering some of those this week.

with pen pen totally enclosed your coop should be draft free. That's why many of us enclose the pen, so the wind and snow can not get in. My pen is dry and weather proof so even the coop stays warmer. Best part of covering my pen, even the door to my pen is coved well so I can open and close it...