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    Freezing temps - should I keep chickens in coop?

    Thanks RonP - I appreciate your response. Yes, the coop is ventilated. It is inside our barn and fully enclosed with chicken wire and lumber with a solid roof - but the walls are wire. On typical days, we open the barn doors. But lately, with 25 below windchills, the barn doors have been kept...
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    Icicles on Polish Crests

    Thanks Mary - we have a low, heated waterer. I think my mistake was not trimming their feathers much sooner. This is my first experience with Polish. What type of waterers do you recommend? Many thanks - Linda
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    Freezing temps - should I keep chickens in coop?

    I have a coop that's 12 feet X 30 feet and have 11 chickens. Is this coop too small? There are 8 nesting boxes, heated water, deep bedding, and 2 heat lamps with free choice food and oyster shell. It's been 25 -35 below zero and when we let them free range in the barn, they seem very cold. Is...
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    Icicles on Polish Crests

    I have 4 polish with very full flouncy plumes on the top of their heads. As many others experience, they developed icicles from drinking water that froze. They got very bad and very heavy. I couldn't cut them off because they were too thick. The other chickens started pecking at them and their...
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