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I currently have 5 hens and they are a rowdy bunch! They are constantly knocking over their water and getting tons of wood shavings in it to the point where sometimes I refill their water 4 times a day. I want to try a nipple waterer because we are gone a lot in the summer and we have a neighbor...

I fill their water twice a day, to keep it clean and to keep it from freezing over. In the morning it is always frozen solid so I try to get out there as soon as possible. When it is really cold like right now, I fill it up in the afternoon too, to break the layer of ice on the top and make sure...

I believe that maybe your chickens would move to a more sheltered spot, but my chickens are kinda dumb. 😂 I found them sleeping outside their coop in -2 degree weather a couple weeks ago. Luckily, that was a one time thing, but their elevators don’t go all the way to the top if you know what I mean.

Ok, I will go out and do that later!

Thanks! My chicken’s judgment isn’t great though, so I lock them in when it gets REALLY cold.

Yes, do you think I should?

Haha! The frozen latches and waterers are frustrating aren’t they?

2 out of the 6 of my chickens have it on their combs. No too badly though, I’m just concerned about it getting worse because we have about another week and a half of very cold weather.

I live in Wisconsin and as you can imagine it gets pretty cold here in the winter. We are currently in the middle of a cold snap and the temperature has been in the negatives every day. We have a radiant heater in their coop at night and it stays on during the day so that they can go up there...

I have 6 young hens and they have been laying since September/October depending on the chicken and they are still laying even though it is freezing and the days are short. I have never had chickens lay this long. At first I was concerned they weren’t conserving their energy for heat but their...

Thanks! I will make sure to check today.

Thank you, I am going to check for mites at dusk today, there is no way that I know of any critters could’ve possibly gotten in the coop, as it is raised and very secure. I am hoping it was a one time thing and I don’t have to move them to their coop every night as it can get really cold and I...

I don’t think so, the dimensions are the right size based on square footage per hen.

Yep! I open the doors daily to make sure that there is some air movement in there!

The perch in the coop is much higher than the perch in the run and they have always loved it so I was very confused when all the sudden they weren’t sleeping on it. I am going to check tonight again to make sure they are sleeping in the right place, if not I will move them like last night. I am...

Yes, I have doors that I open daily (weather permitting) to air out the coop.

I have 6 eight-month old hens, they have always slept on their roosts up in their raised coop that is blocked from the elements. We live in Wisconsin so it easily get below 20 degrees every night and sometimes there are very high winds that make it feel a lot colder than it really is. Today I...

I have 6 hens, about 7 months old, and 5 of them roost every night. One sleeps on the floor of the coop? Should I be concerned about this? It is possible the others kicked her off of the roost but it gets cold here in winter and I am concerned that she needs their body heat. She is the heaviest...

That’s a good idea! I might have to try that!

I had golf balls in there but they moved them to where they lay. Does using their own eggs work better?