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I recently posted a similar thread about this and you might find some useful information there: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=476509 I've decided I am going to put mine out next week (6 1/2 weeks old). It should be in the low 40's at night, 60 during the day. I'll...

Miss Turkey - sorry to hear you lost so many. How cold was it outside? There is no way I can keep them inside 20 weeks, so maybe I'll put my heat lamp out there with them. Just this last week I took the heat lamp away and they are in my basement where it is probably 60 degrees.

I live in Utah. I will be putting the finishing touches on my new coop tomorrow and I'd like to move my chicks out there. They are 5 1/2 weeks old and it looks like they have all of their feathers. Nights right now are still down in the low 40s (although Sunday is supposed to get back down to...

My coop is raised too, so I'm a little worried about cold sand in the coop even though that seems like the best way since it is the least amount of maintenance. I may try the deep litter method with pine shavings and see how that goes.

How do you keep it from spilling out of your run?

...but I haven't been able to find an acceptable answer to these questions: 1) Is it common practice to dig down a few inches when you put sand in your run, or do you put it right on top of the soil? I will have a roof over my run, so it shouldn't get too much rain. 2) I also want to put...

Debid, I was hoping if I put the door in the floor that I could just leave it open all the time instead of closing it every night. Elmo, do the chickens ever have trouble getting in the door?

Thanks for the advice, patandchickens.

I am in the process of building a new raised coop. It is 2 feet off of the ground. I am thinking of putting my pop door on the floor with my ramp leading down from there. So I have a couple of question for people who have this configuration: 1. Can I leave it open 24/7, or will I have draft...