I've got a pile of leghorn pullets that are roosting just under the roof of one of my coops.. they are right next to large wide open ventilation areas covered with hardware cloth - and it was -14 here as a low today. They are all fine and are up there again tonight staring down at me.. I'd prefer they roost with everyone else, but /shrug..
Oh, and my coop has windows and a run that's got the nasty frozen ground covered with pine chips so they get to go out in the nice frigid weather (which they do)..
I do have heated water bowls, but that's for MY convenience =) ..
Never tried it myself, but have seen issues with wrapping coops in plastic - just make sure the humidity stays low in there! No frostbite here yet, checked every bird tonight and all is well.
Only time I ever had frostbite in my crappy built by us coops with no heat, etc is when it was -25+ and the leghorns were getting their combs in the water by accident.. healed up eventually, all was well..
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Oh, and my coop has windows and a run that's got the nasty frozen ground covered with pine chips so they get to go out in the nice frigid weather (which they do)..
I do have heated water bowls, but that's for MY convenience =) ..
Never tried it myself, but have seen issues with wrapping coops in plastic - just make sure the humidity stays low in there! No frostbite here yet, checked every bird tonight and all is well.
Only time I ever had frostbite in my crappy built by us coops with no heat, etc is when it was -25+ and the leghorns were getting their combs in the water by accident.. healed up eventually, all was well..
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