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I work with the sun as a guide. If it's light out, the coop needs to be open. The chooks are back in the coop before dark, sometimes through mid-dusk, all voluntarily. Got a lame one I noticed this morning. Small black one. Limping. No broken bones. She is the kind to be in the way... :(

Yeah...I am not totally sure what was said but I think mold is a problem, and not over filling the feeder should stop that. It just that they don't need it. Kind of like me and a donut.

A heat lamp/heated coop is generally discouraged. The warmth prevents their feet and combs from adjusting to the cold, then when they go out they get frostbite. I don't use a lamp or heat of any kind and all 86 birds come home to roost every evening before dark. EDIT: I live in a place where...

I have moved all feed outside the coop recently. The birds are older now, 8 months, and don't seem to care. Water is inside though...