Awesome coop! It looks super functional. Great job on the feeder and waterer too. I'm looking to make some modifications to may waterer as well to keep it from freezing.
Here is the link to my coop. I actually posted this last year. I'm making more upgrades later this summer, but the girls are in and loving it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/my-first-coop-circ-du-poulet
Whenever I isolate a bully, I typically do it for a few days. She has to sleep in the isolation pen too (just because I'm usually asleep when they get up). Then I'll let them all out together on a day that I watch them and intervene if necessary, I've had good success with that, but I have heard...
I had to isolate a bully this morning. One of my new Swedish Flower Hens (let's call her Sophia), has been harassing the two Silver Laced Wyandottes (Emma and Eva). She'll be in timeout for a few days.
They're native to Sweden, lay extra large light brown eggs, and supposedly out produce Orpingtons. I just think they're beautiful! I wanted to add a few more hens to my mixed breed stock. I saw an ad onCraisglist for Splash Marans, but she sold out before I could get there. So I bought those...
No frost bite for my girls yet, although I did purchase some Vaseline in case in got really cold again. I have a nice roomy coop too that it not insulated, and has six windows for ventilation. When humidity is high outside, its high inside, but from what I can tell the shaving are still nice a dry.
How much are you paying for your seed? I use barley seed that's just under $15 for 50 pound bag. I sprout them in dollar store plastic bins that I add drainage too. I don't have a ton of chickens though, so that might be why it last so long. As for feed, I use scratch and peck, and it last a...