I know right. Even with the heater it was 21 in the coop last night when I went to bed. Supposed to be a high of 13 today. Shesh! I'm hoping that it's warmer right in front of the heater (I had the thermostat on the far end to get a 'cold' reading, I moved it this morning to get a 'warm'...
So, my general philosophy on adding heat for my hens is that they don't need it, they have natural down and good protection from the wind. But I swear my entire flock is either in a molt, or coming out of one right now. One stubborn hen is only now finally molting after a whole summer of...