And on Thanksgiving, no less! 
I'm so proud of my Zinni! 
SHE DID IT!!!
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Now I just need to convince her to use the nest box in there. This one was in the dirt at the corner of their section of the coop.
I love them to bits!
I did get the plastic sheeting up on the deck and the rooster pens earlier this month when we started getting frosts, and collected some leaves for enrichment, so that's the bulk of my winter prep done. I have a couple things I wanted to do before we really get cold, but the longer they get put off the more I'm thinking they'll be early spring projects instead, oops. Hey, welcome back!
Yup, there's a whole bunch of cuties over here
Probably nowhere near as cold as you're getting up there! We've reached the point of dipping below freezing practically every night, but still hitting 40°+ F during the day most days. I'm not looking forward to winter either, ugh!
It usually doesn't get too much lower than the single digits here, at least not during the day, but should we ever have another polar vortex event with negatives as our highs for the day, I'm pretty sure I'll be setting up temporary coop space in the basement for my girls! Brr, we haven't hit teens just yet! I have to keep a close eye on my OEGBs when we hit that point, especially the youngsters. That's too bad about the plastic sheeting! I think the trees buffer a lot of the wind here, so I've not had that problem yet.
I'm sure you're on top of it, but please be careful with heaters and don't forget to maintain proper ventilation over the winter as well! I won't judge on adding heat as I know Minnesota can have some pretty brutal winter weather.
The heaters I got are those Cozy Coop ones that just heat the hen sitting next to it- its for my old girl who has trouble keeping warm. I'm not planning on turning it on unless we are below 0 though. Last year we got to -50 so that was definitely a heater day! 
As for those temps, I can't even imagine existing in -50F!! Was that air temperature or windchill? I think the coldest air temp my birds have experienced was around -17F and that was rough enough!! 
Last winter for us was pretty mild and I don't think we even got to negative temps, or not more than once or twice if we did.Yay about the lack of frostbite!
Thankfully it was just a day I think that was that low, but the schools and some businesses had to close because peoples cars wouldnt start and kids cant wait for the bus in that! Crazy times! -17 still is sooo cold! I hate when the year gets to that point.
