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My coop thermometer was reading -32 C/-25 F last night. Cold enough for my rabbits to stay in the earth. I think the best thing I did for the chickens was lowering their roosting bar to open up more vents. My coop is essentially just a sanctuary from predators and a wind break. Other than that...

:D I built it after first snowfall. It probably would accumulate over time but it was an easy solution to stop the cross-breeze between the screened areas.

My coop is tiny so I can't take pictures from farther on the inside, but maybe these shots will do. Sometimes I just slide in new pieces of cardboard without cutting them to fit and it looks piecemealed, but chickens don't care. (The cardboard outside the screen on the east side, to the...

I attached about 2" of cardboard sheets in between the wooden frame that holds the tin. This is the door. They peck at it around the roosting bar and it just ends up as shredded paper on the ground.

I am one of those Canadian chicken keepers who does not heat the coop. I live in zone 3a. My coop is steel sheeting lined with several layers of corrugated cardboard on the inside. The outside is insulated with layers of snow. For ventilation, my roof is split into several sections and hinged so...