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Wyandottes are VERY cold hardy!!! You are way way way overcompensating!!! They're big fluffy chickens with very good down coats, let them be chickens!!! hehe, I'm not sure what your normal winter temps are... st charles Ill? (If so, I'm near the lake in Ohio, so we are similar climates)...

Chickens can withstand very cold temps as long as they are allowed to accustom themselves to it throughout the fall and early winter. The problem with using very much heat in a coop is if they are dependent on it and you have a power outage of more than a few hours (we had a 3 day one last...

Ahh, that's a nice coop, I remember looking at your site before and admiring it. You do have room for additional birds later, just don't go crazy all at once, you may find some breed or chicks you really really really want, so always try to be selective! (just my advice from my own experience...

Well, I don't have water at my coop either, (been this way for 40 years! lol) and have to haul it down. Hilly property, winter snow and ice can be a pain. As far as hauling down feed, I use a children's sled when there's snow, or even just frozen ground. I get a cheap plastic one, that may or...