HI
I'm new to chickens and this is my first winter. I'm nervous they will be too cold in their coop-which is about 10X12x 7 high for only 5 chickens. Can I put a box around a roosting pole so when they huddle together they stay warmer? I'm picturing, for example, a wooden box-such as a small bookcase with a roosting pole instead of the middle shelf. I would attach the back of the "bookcase" to the wall of the barn. It would rest on the shelf that is already in the barn-on which they are currently sleeping (in their own poop of course)
Would this work for them and provide just a little more warmth bc there is less space to heat up? Or would they just go on top of it?
I'm new to chickens and this is my first winter. I'm nervous they will be too cold in their coop-which is about 10X12x 7 high for only 5 chickens. Can I put a box around a roosting pole so when they huddle together they stay warmer? I'm picturing, for example, a wooden box-such as a small bookcase with a roosting pole instead of the middle shelf. I would attach the back of the "bookcase" to the wall of the barn. It would rest on the shelf that is already in the barn-on which they are currently sleeping (in their own poop of course)
Would this work for them and provide just a little more warmth bc there is less space to heat up? Or would they just go on top of it?