I'm over 70, and have raised quite a few chickens before, but not at the temps that we get here in Montana. I'm fully retired, love to fish and generally am living a nice life in Montana where if you want to have a million dollars here, you should come with 2 million dollars.
There's not much...
I decided to build a coop for our very cold winters here in Montana.
I've never had chickens at very low temps so I pick a couple of hardy breeds - Astrolorpes (2) and Aracaunas (2). They have short combs and I feel that's important in temps that are going to be below 0F.
The coop is...