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Absolutely. While I find it hard to tend the birds during those winter cold snaps, I worry more about them during the heat waves. I have a hen who is setting on eggs now. My fear is that the temp will go above 101* in the coop! So far, so good. I have one door on the N side open directly to...

One thing that helps my birds: I close off part of my run to make a "winter sun room" for them. It consists of wrapping plastic around 3 sides of one bay of the run. (N, E, and S) about 1/2 of this area is covered with a green house tarp. So, this area acts like an "envelope" to prevent the...

Depends on when you would be leaving it open, and what your risk tolerance is. All of my coop vents and windows are covered with 1/2" hdw cloth. Other doors are simply doors. I shut my coop up tight every night, and take the risk during the day. During the day, my birds are either in their...

I don't know how my weather compares to yours. I'm in zone 4B, with winter time temps often not getting up to 0*F for more than a week at a time. My coop is 10 x 12. You can see photo of my coop in my interview listed in my signature (which can be pasted into a search bar.) Prevailing wind...