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Noooooo! It will make him angry. Wait, aren't they all angry? Mine was. Now he's frozen.

Put some oyster shell out for them. I had this problem and it was resolved almost immediately after providing them with a little dish (juice bottle bottom) full of oyster shell. They hardly seem to touch it but I haven't had any soft shells since.

Averaging 6 eggs per day from 9 ladies! The 6 young'ns just started laying. My EE just gave me a huge one. Looks like a double yolker.

Just get an outdoor extension cord and make it as inaccessible to the chickens as possible. I only had a heated waterer last winter and used this method. I had a couple of nights with lows in the -15F range with highs around 0 for a few days. No other heat and all made it just fine. No fires...

My 9 month old Speckled Sussex rooster named Malachi (evil leader from Children of the Corn) has become increasingly aggressive toward me and my wife. He used to back down but now he sticks around for the fight. My wife is afraid to be in the yard as he will sneak up when your back is turned...

3 eggs for 4 hens. They just started laying a month ago. Not too bad for the dead of winter.

I used a manufactured killing cone at first but found them to be more trouble than they're worth. A friend or a piece of rope holding the feet seemed to work better. Funny, the birds don't seem to like their heads shoved into a killing cone. If you want to use one though, the old milk jug...

Quote: So I live in NH where the mid-winter low temps will on occasion go below -10F but usually stay above 0. I have a trap door on the floor of the coop for them to exit to the run. I've been closing this at night to keep them warmer and keep the wind off them. Should I just be leaving...

I was doing that every morning for the last week here in NH. About 1/4" of ice inside and in the tray. The ice didn't stop the chickens from drinking though. Heated waterer is now in place.

My wife calls me a murderer and won't eat the birds I've raised yet she will eat chicken from the supermarket. The way I see it, my birds have had a great life and a dignified death. At least they weren't hung from a conveyor belt and strung around on loud machinery on their way to a cold...