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    What temperature does is too cold at night? When to add heat lamp and door on coop?

    That's so crazy they don't need heat but I'm learning :). Good to know my girls and roo are comfy without it though. I do close them in at night but they have an open door to the run until I go let them out to free range in the morning. It sounds like I could safely raise chicks outdoors in a...
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    What temperature does is too cold at night? When to add heat lamp and door on coop?

    Thanks so much for the reply. I guess if they can survive sub zeroes in ND they'll be just fine here in NC :)
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    What temperature does is too cold at night? When to add heat lamp and door on coop?

    Thank you! Yes, I need to relax and enjoy them more lol. We don't get cold enough here to worry about it but I think I was worried after raising chicks for the first time last year. I'd like to keep them outside in a separate coop next time but I know I have to make sure it's super warm.
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    What temperature does is too cold at night? When to add heat lamp and door on coop?

    Yes, that makes sense. Ours is lifted a few feet off the ground with a ramp from the back door (10"x13") out. Probably gives them better airflow to leave it open.
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    What temperature does is too cold at night? When to add heat lamp and door on coop?

    I'll post some more recent pics today. This is the coop before we added the 10x20' run which also includes under the coop. Did not know that about holding heat! :)
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    What temperature does is too cold at night? When to add heat lamp and door on coop?

    Thank you! Yes, that makes perfect sense. The only time rain and wind would be able to get in is if it's a bad storm through the ventilation and/or the coop door. I guess we would have to figure out how to keep it dry w/o blocking ventilation in that case.
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    What temperature does is too cold at night? When to add heat lamp and door on coop?

    Appreciate the advice. We're in southeastern NC so it may get into the 20s here and there at night but right now it's only in the low 40s but warms up quickly once the sun rises. The only way they would get wind is through the run door but it sounds like we should just leave that open. I keep a...
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    What temperature does is too cold at night? When to add heat lamp and door on coop?

    Wow thank you. I appreciate that. We have a 4x8 coop with 6 chickens (one rooster). My husband built it out of pine and it's well made and ventilated but not insulated. The roof has shingles with ventilation in the ceilings. We have pine shavings in their nests and on half the coop. The other...
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    What temperature does is too cold at night? When to add heat lamp and door on coop?

    It's starting to get cold here in SE North Carolina, but only in the evenings. Our chickens are 8 months old this is our first year raising doing this, so I'm unsure when it gets to be too cold for them at night. It got down to the 40s last nigh. What temperature is too cold at night? When...
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