Well I know Boise gets pretty cold in winter, but probably not like Maine! This is my first year of chickens so we shall see! But yeah, it works great! My uncle built me the coop, he's a contractor....I told him he could probably make some good extra money selling chicken houses!
I gotta say having a welded wire bottom in the coop with a pull-out poop drawer is the best. I've been using wood pellets (the kind you would burn in a stove) to line the drawer and they keep the smell down really well. I also tried some leftover cat litter last week too and that works great. I...