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Well they seem safe out there - but I would chase them in when its cold. If your cold is like our cold, it will come with nasty wind, and they just can't keep warm in that.
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Are they secure from hungry animals?
Can they go in and out as they please all night?
If they're not sheltered from above and sides etc... I'd be chasing them in on cold (below freezing) nights - or perhaps just get em used to it anyway - and remove the outside roosts.
(I'm close to...
I had an under the water font heater... onlky problem the element under the heater kept on coming lose from the heater base - so it was touching the ground under it and not keeping the water from freezing - piece of junk - but I'll probably figure i tout and use it again this year.
I wish I hadn't STRESSED out so much about them!
They sure are hardy little boogers, I spent countless hours worried about them at night.
I did have an under waterer heater base thing.