warm coop

Hello! I live in Massachusetts and have 6 eight week old chickens (two cockerels and four hens). I had them out in the coop last night and our temps dipped to the low 40s overnight. They have only been out in there coop for about a week and this is the lowest it has gotten. When I went out to...

I have been looking in the forums, and couldn’t find what I was looking for so I thought I’d just ask. Are plastic/resin garden sheds converted to a coop warm enough in the winter? I’m in central utah, and our winter temperatures average a low around 20 degrees, but there are days where it...

I constructed my coop in early fall, excited to house four new 28-week old red sex-linked chickens. However, with the coldest nights of the Maine winter soon approaching, I began to worry that the henhouse wouldn't be warm enough for them. I could have gone the easy route, and purchased a...

Thank you all for the great advice after a few of my baby chicks died. I quickly bought this heating plate and the baby chicks and ducks love it. First cold night here in Texas for the fall, and they made it through!

Alrighty. Another newbie question and a flawed design brainstorm. So we built our coop, we have our girls, we overcame integration (stressful! why didn’t you guys tell me?! 😂), but now we are thinking forward to winter. We are in Northeast Ohio. The weathers can be either extremely mild or...

Just looking for more input. I am in Anchorage, AK and want to make sure my flock of 5 chickens has the best chance of doing well this winter. I have an insulated, wired, ventilated 4x4 coop with an attached 8x4 covered run. I am planning to wrap the run in 6 mil plastic to give the girls more...

Hi there. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good chicken coop that can keep raccoons out and protect chickens during cold winter months? I'd like to be able to move it around the yard if possible and a huge plus would be an easy to clean coop. I'm probably asking too much, but hoping...