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New to raising poultry and this forum!
38° is very comfortable to a chicken. That's pretty comfortable for me for that matter! He's thinking like a human acclimated to the south. Birds are not humans. My flock has experienced temperatures as low as -23 in a coop with absolutely no insulation or supplemental heat. They did absolutely...- DobieLover
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New to raising poultry and this forum!
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined. If you're going to use styrofoam to insulate, the styrofoam needs to be covered with plywood or OSB. But the number one thing that you need to keep the birds warm is as much ventilation as you can possibly manage. You actually want to target 1...- DobieLover
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