Funny you say that, my husband video tapes for an online hunting show and he was just showing me a pheasant he was recording in the snow and I was saying see the chickens will be just fine! He's been trying to convince me otherwise from all I've read. So, I had to ask you all one more time to...
Okay, I just went out cleaned their poop board put a fresh layer of wood chips down and opened another vent. I threw some scratch around the coop too. It's my first year and I just don't know so, I like it better this way. When they make it through and they are fine I won't worry as much next...
I'm worried about the chickens. I have 8. They don't have heat now. I use a water heater in a 5 gallon bucket to keep water from freezing. Should I put the heat lamp out there and turn it on just at night?