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Thank you. You are probably right and I was being overly sensitive. 🤦‍♀️

Not sure if this was directed at me or not. I know the 'bless your heart" comments could have double meaning but I hope I am wrong in this case. I absolutely know I am ridiculous in the view from lifelong farmer eyes. I have a strong attachment to animals be they pet or livestock.

I'm trying to utilize my engineering nephew along with his friends to see if they want to take on this project.

He most certainly won't as I am working hard to have 3D prosthetic legs/feet made for him. If he can't have a quality of life I will cull him, but want to give him a chance if possible.

You'd think they'd learn, but experience has taught me otherwise. Unfortunately there are always a few and quite honestly I don't think they are in the wrong as they would be more than capable of surviving in crazy temperatures if sheltered from wind chill.

Absolutely. Depending of the area you are in (i.e.how many/types of predators you have, the temperatures you're dealing with etc, A few times I have missed a chicken/young cockerel/pullet outside of the coop at lights out and in the morning they are fine. Only once I came across a young cockerel...

Any small spaces they could be hiding in? Last month I came out to the coop a couple of times and something had terrified my chickens enough that they hid in any space they could find. Normally if they hear the rooster warning they just run for cover but these times they were literally jammed...