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southwest michigan really close to the kalamazoo area. cold, but thankfully not that cold.

if someone wanted to go all out you could in addition to the sand, provide a tiny wood stove. even if properly installed though i would still put a cage enclosed around it and the stack thru the roof to keep the girls away. i agree, in such cold areas while using sand in an unheated coop. any...

living that far north I've heard of people switching to sand for bedding since that significantly reduces the chances of fire, about half a foot of sand is also very easy on upkeep as well

one 60 watt edison bulb can change the temperature of a ten by ten enclosed space by 5 degrees, but since coops should never be completely enclosed because of ventilation, you can't really apply that concept to the coop since any stored heat is just blown out the vent. personally I've used a...