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    Girls are roosting outside just when it starts getting cold? Help!

    I appreciate the insights and do recognize that sometimes at night they squabble a bit. I’m also glad to read that it has a lot to do with personalities. For a hot minute, I was thinking I was missing something because they are an appear to be happy little crew together. I increased the...
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    Girls are roosting outside just when it starts getting cold? Help!

    I’m I increased the ventilation in the coop a bit this afternoon. I work long hours. I’m not seeing the girls during the day (short days) Mon-Fri, so I can’t gauge their behavior all that well, but they seemed happy. Tonight when I went to shut the coop up after dark (4:30ish) two of them...
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    Girls are roosting outside just when it starts getting cold? Help!

    Thanks for explaining that!
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    Girls are roosting outside just when it starts getting cold? Help!

    Hey Anon, I’ve asked Frost Ranger and RoseMaryandThyme this as well: One of them or more- I found three eggs- laid the day before or yesterday. Is there any correlation between first time laying and not going into the coop?
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    Girls are roosting outside just when it starts getting cold? Help!

    Curious, I asked Frost Ranger too: One of them or more- I found three eggs- laid the day before or yesterday. Is there any correlation between first time laying and not going into the coop?
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    Girls are roosting outside just when it starts getting cold? Help!

    One of them or more- I found three eggs- laid the day before or yesterday. Is there any correlation between first time laying and not going into the coop?
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    First eggs (ever!) after a super 🥶 cold ❄️ Super Moon! I thought it would be my Barred Rock who...

    First eggs (ever!) after a super 🥶 cold ❄️ Super Moon! I thought it would be my Barred Rock who might lay before spring, but the Easter Eggers had other plans. 🩵
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    Winter Coop Design

    I appreciated reading your post. I’m also new to chicken keeping in northern New England and learning, so I don’t have any solid advice. I have read that the coop shouldn’t be insulated.
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    Girls are roosting outside just when it starts getting cold? Help!

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    Girls are roosting outside just when it starts getting cold? Help!

    The girls decided to get back into their regular routine last night when the temperatures were really plummeting. Thank goodness! Thank you for all the sound advice folks. I appreciate the direction.
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    Girls are roosting outside just when it starts getting cold? Help!

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    Girls are roosting outside just when it starts getting cold? Help!

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    Girls are roosting outside just when it starts getting cold? Help!

    Thank you. I’m going to address the ventilation issue immediately and am in the process of building out the larger run. I’ll have to stick to the coop space for the time being. I hope that with better ventilation and the adequate run space, at least the birds habitat issues will be met. I’ve...
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    Girls are roosting outside just when it starts getting cold? Help!

    I am in the process of finishing the larger run. The coop/run I have now does have that beneath the coop space that you’re describing. I’m confident I’ll have it finished before actual winter starts. I hope the birds can take another week, maybe two in the smaller run. So far, they are well...
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    Girls are roosting outside just when it starts getting cold? Help!

    Thank you! I will look for more advice. My girls clearly like the smaller (less wide) roost as it is now. I won’t be so quick to modify it yet. It makes sense that your chickens would like a branch, mine occasionally roost in trees near the coop. I have a lot to learn.
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