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Sounds like a wonderful (except for the poor lambs in the wall-less chicken coop!) Aww! You should write a book!!! Seriously! I've never thought to weigh an egg... but I think I'll start! I can kinda tell who lays what egg... and the Australorps are always a bit more taupe than the Reds... but...

Oh my!! Well then running out to the coop in your slippers, in the dead of winter - is nothin' - compared to small rubber banding baby lamb tails!!! Strong woman! That's awesome... except for collecting the tails... YIKES! haha! I'd hate to draw the short straw on THAT one!

Oh my goodness, no I haven't ever been in a cow barn, but it sounds wonderful! I too am guilty of running outside at dawn, in my big, fuzzy robe - tied tight over my night gown... big hat drawn down over my ears, bare legs and slippers! Quite a site Im sure - yikes, and always go out early &...

Oh! Yes! Thank you! It does! I always look at the wind chill, because that's how it really feels out. But good point, my little coop's dry and draft free... but this is going to be really cold for the girls compared to 'regular winter days' here... and it's not something they've been...

I got that clear tarp on Amazon too... and i like it a lot... it lets the sun through and keeps the winds from whipping into our coop's covered run. I have bales of straw around the base of the coop, which is lifted 18" off the ground, so the girls can go underneath in bad weather too, and get...

Oh... wait... I'm not sure I understand about the heated water bowl? it's bad? I have the heated water bowl is about 15 feet from the coop's exterior chicken door - out in the run? Is that still bad? My humidity reader says my coop's moisture levels are low... and I never see it go over...

Thank you @Acre4Me - I agree, the drastic, sudden drop would be like having the power go out for them if I DID use a heater... and it did have me concerned for sure! But you're right - it won't stay this way for long, especially here at the Jersey Shore! I think I'll keep the heat off...

Ok, good info! I check on them all the time too... (I also have little battery cameras inside the coop to make sure everyone's good)... I did get them a heated water bowl and they seem to like that a lot... I don't want to see them stressed... High energy treats... like scratch... ? I usually...

Thank you @WindingRoad & @centrarchid. Ok that was my gut feeling on this too...but I second guessed myself... I definitely don't want to make them weak, or unable to cope... and I hadn't thought about the power going out... VERY good point. I was just worried with a near 60* drop in temp...

I'm at the NJ shore with unpredictable January weather. It's my first winter with chickens. My gut says stay natural, they'll be fine in the cold... until now. AT the moment, it's a humid 49* F outside (late morning)... But the Gov declared a State of Emergency, because of the winter...