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Good to know about the Vaseline! I hope we don't get as cold here this year as we did last year, but I do have Vaseline and I'll keep in mind coating their combs if it happens. I would also put in a heat lamp at those temperatures.

Ah, it might be that they don't move around as much that they eat less! I hadn't really thought of that. Cause they really don't roam around like they normally do when it's grassy outside and instead tend to remain more in one spot and just hang out. Thanks for sharing about your coop and run! I...

Thanks so much all of you for your input! I see it's -6 C outside now, which really is unusually cold. It is not uncommon that we have no snow all winter. When I was outside now they had gotten back into the coop without seeming to have gone to bed, so it might have been that I only recently...

I don't have anything covering the run, like wood chips or straws. I did put in a layer of leaves I raked off the lawn but it is snowed down now. I don't have a sheltered run either. They mostly stay outside the run now anyway when they are allowed to free range and when they aren't wandering...

I do have a light in the coop and I even put in a small night lamp for them so they can see even after I turn it off at night because some of the hens start laying before I get up, and when it started getting dark earlier, they couldn't see the nesting boxes and laid their eggs on the floor...

I have chickens that are a mix of Australops and Lohman. As far as I know at least Australops are supposed to be cold hardy. I live in a mild climate in Norway but it's currently quite cold. I don't have any heat in the coop as I've been advised against it. However, a couple of things concerns...