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No thanks. Trying to keep the water from freezing would drive me mad. :D

I'd rather not have to do any more hauling than absolutely necessary in the 95+ heat.

While I'd still never have less than 3 feeders and 2 waterers, it's easier to fill them in one place than to be filling and carrying feeders and waterers for multiple setups. Likewise with hauling garden carts full of bedding. The physical labor in the humid heat is the hard part for me --...

One reason I want to have them together when it's not breeding season is that it would be easier to tend to them in inclement weather. Which isn't so much winter for me as it is the height of summer.

Yes, please.

OK, I have a little time before I clock in. My reason for wanting to have 2 different roosters is to have a backup if things go bad without having to wait to raise another one from the egg and to maintain some variety in the flock. I probably won't keep Ludwig the Black Langshan for more than...

I have several options -- dividing my huge coop or temporarily putting a smaller group into the old coop being the main ones. I don't really have time to explain more at the moment because I have to go tend the birds before I leave for work, but I should be able to type more later. :)

I'm going to have 2 roosters. I want a purebred Blue Australorp set and the general flock set.

For those who separate out specific females and males into breeding groups for the breeding season, how do you do things so that you can get your flock back together after the breeding is done? Divide the coop/run itself? Set up small facilities across a common fenceline? ??? How do you make...