At what temp do I close the coop door?

[hlhutchinson]

i have 4 gals and a 4x4 coop attached to a secure run (so far no problems with predators ) so far I have left the coop door open (I’m not a morning person ) this way my gals don’t have to wait for me to get up to go out of the coop, they just have to wait to free range
My coop has ventilation at the top of the coop.
I’m thinking I will need to start shutting the coop door to help keep warmth in at night any thought of what temps to start doing that? I was thinking anything below 32

It’s starting to get in the mid 20s at night I shut the door last night my hubby opened the coop door this morning and said they were waiting to get out despite the cold as though they did not realize how cold it is. Maybe I should tell them

Edit not sure if this helps but my chicken are:
Barbecue - Wyandotte cross
Blacky - Autsralorp
Princess Goldie - Gold Laced Cochin Bantam / Easter Egger
Chicky - Leghorn / Easter Egger

 

[junebuggena]

Install an automatic coop door.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Install an automatic coop door.

X2 OR if you can't afford one of those pricey ones just put in a small pop/poop door and then you could leave that open 24/7 would cut down on heat loss at the very least.

 

[Wolfgang B.]

Our chickens can leave and enter the coop 24/7 all year long. They sleep outside every night but when it starts to freeze they sleep inside. They must know it's warmer there.
If you see your chickens sleep outside when it freezes I'd lock them inside for the night. Doesn't matter if it's from 5 PM to 9 AM.

 

[ChickenGirl555]

I close my coop door at night and open it in the morning, for predator protection. So far nothing has gone wrong and they are happily living their lives. We have a moveable coop that we move every few weeks for fresh grass. We built it ourselves.

 

[Wolfgang B.]

I should add that we're not keeping the entire coop door open. We sawed a little entry hole in the bottom of it, just big enough for the chickens to get in and out comfortably. Important is that no snow and no wind finds their way into the coop.

 

[hlhutchinson]

Install an automatic coop door.

Would like to but we have a pop door that is on hinges does not slide up and down, and no way my husband will spend the money on an automatic door they are pricy however I’m hoping to get him to make an automatic door next year

 

[Windus]

How do you keep predators from getting in and killing your chickens at night? We used to leave ours open too, until the morning we came out to find 3 headless chickens due to a raccoon getting in the coop overnight

 

[hlhutchinson]

How do you keep predators from getting in and killing your chickens at night? We used to leave ours open too, until the morning we came out to find 3 headless chickens due to a raccoon getting in the coop overnight

Our coop is part of a run that is completely enclosed with hard wire cloth

Even the vents on top are covered with hard wire cloth

 

[venymae]

I would not worry about closing the pop door as long as direct wind is not blowing into it. We left ours open 24/7 in winter, coldest it got here was -15 F