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Deep bedding; good ventilation. Should be totally fine.

Thanks! Sweet PDZ is a stall deoderizer. I can find the pellets in my TSC in with the horse stuff in the horse care aisle as opposed to the feed and shavings area. If you can find it, ask. Mine is quite often out......

That's a good solution for floor sleepers. Mine are in with the nesting boxes and could hop in those with the broody if they needed to. Not my ideal solution, of course. I think her concern was for her floor sleeping bantams. :D

I don't know where you are at, but lots of folks on my side of the country reported earlier than normal molts. My horses got their winter coats in a bit early, too. I like to give some scratch at night and I always up the protein in the winter to help them stay warmer. Where's the silkie page...

That's why I'm clarifying with Alaskan. ;) Sand (obviously) retains heat, but can get equally frozen. The deep litter method works well to build up heat but seems to be not as dry overall for ground sleepers. I have a regulstr roost in my bantam box. My male silkies get up just fine (it's...

The sand is the only material in the coop?

I would, personsally, but they aren't on the sand (unless they're silkies or something). If they were on it, that would be one thing. Anyone using sand in cold climates?

You should be shutting it every night anyhow. People often think their backyards are safe until they go out one morning and find they're not. As long as you have good cross ventilation, they should be fine. It's the moisture + temperature that's a problem. Shoot- I've got some in trees at...