We are having crazy cold here in Northern Wisconsin. I have 5 hens. They have a nice coop, insulated, ventilated. Today was -27 and it stayed 13 in there. They have a heated water dish and have still been laying. But we are supposed to have even colder temps, record-breaking, in the next week or...
They are in a coop that has an enclosed run underneath, not free range (city rules), so we don't get a chance to handle them too much. I haven't seen any squatting though.
I have 4 hens ages 23 weeks-27ish weeks. None are laying. They are a chocolate orpington (I know she won't lay until later), Coronation Sussex, Easter egger, and fibro ee. The 2 ee have been very vocal lately, but of course I can't tell by the black comb on the fibro girl where she's at. But the...