I am further north than you in Manitoba Canada, heat lamp, and tiny oil rad heater for the deep freezes, and no issues whatsoever.
You folks can all do what you want, or what you can, but I have very happy little banties,that are frost free and healthy.
My small coop 6ft X 8ft x 7ft high, is...
This will keep em feeling a bit better even in Alaska or The Yukon, gonna throw some shavings down and feeder/water tomorrow, then put the 5 banties in....
Hello, Winnipeg has parts of the city at or near zone 4, not sure how, maybe all the sewer water from the red river, my are 18 miles north, is zone 3, and it gets to be zone 2 not very far north of here.
Last night it was -6f, 0f for tonight 16f in Winnipeg and 11 out here.
pics of the new/used...
We have, spruce hens, sharp tailed grouse, ruffled grouse, hungarian partridges, feral ring neck pheasants and wild turkeys, I find the spruce hens to be the least smart, or at least not afraid of humans.
There are 1000s of Canada Geese, Snows, and Ducks hanging around, this is the Mississippi...
I figure the farther "South", the more freaked out about "cold" folks get. As the south for the most part does not experience any real nasty cold winter type weather.
look at t Superbowl 2011 week in Dallas, ice, snow and very cold for them. Funny it was warmer here, at 1400 miles directly north...
1 other thing, years back I worked as a sales rep fora large Local Feed company, and used to call on many a large egg producer, it used to sadden me to see all those Dekalbs all caged up pumpin out the eggs.
My folks are kids of the 30s and 40s, and they both told me, all their layer chickens...
I live in zone 3 near Winnipeg Canada,where winter is at times brutal. The upside is it is very dry once temps are below 0f most of the time. I kid you not, there are times 20 below seems warmer than 20f with a driving wind,snow and the moisture.
Summer was very hot, lots of 90 degree days with...