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Mine enjoy warm water too. As did the outdoor rabbit.

Yes. I am a hopeless softie.

There was only one breed ever that did less than perfect with cold, and that was the OEG bantams. About 10ish of them were great with cold, but one individual that I still own just flat out hates cold. She'll come running and try and crawl into my coat. So, mushy chicken keeper I am, I let her...

I have had lorps too... they do great...

Just means not bantam. Yes, those are just fine---I have kept all of them. Well, except for the rocks, but I have a friend that owns them. She also never heats.

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Ditto. I rarely if ever see frostbite on hens, but all my roosters are winter trimmed. Mea culpa for buying single combed breeds. I'm switching to cushion.

Large fowl.

I understand. :thumbsup That's not too cold. You keep LF, yes? Just ensuring you don't have something like Seramas, which do indeed require heat earlier than other breeds. I don't know that "shivering" or shaking legs is exactly a cold thing. I see it in warm temperatures as well as cold.

Where are you located? I keep birds (all breeds and sizes down to a pound) in weather as extreme as -40*C. Bantams occasionally require some extra heat, but LF deal fine. I am rather inclined to to think anthropomorphism is the root cause of your birds seeming "freezing cold", lol. Below -20*F...