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Thanks, that's helpful. I was thinking of using old feed bags for curtains, but attachment mechanisms, and whether they'll eat them or not remains a question for me. Didn't occur to me that I might have to vary how much they're closed.

Yeah, the huddle box was my "oh my gosh it's supposed to go below freezing tonight, and the coop's not done yet, how can I keep them draft free in less than four hours" solution. I wasn't expecting them to use it every night, just when it goes below freezing, which has been more than expected...

Okay, I'll look at how I might do that. They seem to really like perching on top of the pallets, and they have plenty of room there, it's just not where I was planning for them to perch at night. I guess I could take that idea, remove the huddle box, and put a similar length of perch around...

So when you guys say perches, what do you mean exactly? I have one long perch (3" diameter branch) that is 6-8 ft long (you can kind of see it going into the huddle box). They also regularly perch on top of both waterers, both feeders, and 5-6 of them like to get on top of the isolation cage...

Actually, my bad, it is FLockRaiser, which has 20% protein. I'll try to fix my post.

So I have a flock of 15 hens, 1 rooster, standard/production breeds, all 6-7 months old. Living in an open air enclosed run, 10x20 greenhouse frame covered with hardware cloth and a clear tarp over top. We don't free range due to AI and predators. In the last month or two, the hens have...