- Feb 5, 2012
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Hello, I am new to this forum. We have 6 chickens (one died this morning) They were all okay at about 10am and we found her dead in the nesting area a little before 2. We are not sure what caused this and our 8 year old daughter is devastated. We have them in a coop under our covered patio and they have yard access from the coop. We do have a heat lamp but are not sure what temp is too cold for them. We have been turning it on when the temps are in the teens and lower. Any suggestions as to when the temps are too cold and what to do? Also, any thoughts as to what could cause a seemingly healthy young chicken to die (she was less than a year and had been laying) Thanks