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It's been a long cold winter for sure. Started in November this year and we've gone through a lot of wood. That said, I'm in Northern Vermont. Forecast for next 10 days is no day above freezing. Last week Monday the high was -3 F. We don't heat the coop. The chicken door is opened every day, food and water are left in the run under shelter. Ventilation is key and wind breaks on run will get them outside.
 
Egghead_Jr said:
It's been a long cold winter for sure. Started in November this year and we've gone through a lot of wood. That said, I'm in Northern Vermont. Forecast for next 10 days is no day above freezing. Last week Monday the high was -3 F. We don't heat the coop. The chicken door is opened every day, food and water are left in the run under shelter. Ventilation is key and wind breaks on run will get them outside.
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If I didnt have such tiny Seramas I would worry as much. Most if not all of our large chicken breeds are cold hardy. We have 1 of each of the following: Easter Egger, Olive Egger Roo, Blue Ameraucana, Barred Plymouth Rock, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Blue Splash Marans, Welsummer, Speckled Sussex, Lavender Orpington, Porcelain Belgian Bearded d'Uccle Bantam, and the 3 Class A&B Serama hens and 3 Class A&B Serama roos.
 
Well we built a 4'x30"x32" "coop" inside our coop today. We insulated it with 1/2 inch sheets of insulation board. We used plastic clear polycarbinate greenhouse paneling for the roof so it would let sunlight in from the windows in the coop for added warmth. We mounted the cozy coop heater on the back wall and added 3 roost boards in front of it as well. We built the structure on top of a wooden pallet and filled the bottom with extra straw. We put 6" of straw under the roost boards and added a small box for our broody serama hen. We cut a small door 9"×9" for them to get in and out of it. The roof is removable like a lid so we can easily clean bedding and collect any eggs they lay inside it. We added some holes around the lid sides for ventilation as well as a hole for the electrical cord to go through from the cozy coop heater. I will post pictures of it tomorrow. It took us about 4 hours to build it at my husbands warehouse and we used all scrap lumber and materials so it cost us $0 extra. It turned out really nice for what we had to work with and will make for a great winter solution in our coop.
 
Mixed flock enthusiast said:
Good luck with the cold weather! Funny enough, I was reading about the cold from the split polar vortex on the news and the first thing that popped into my head was worry for your chickens!
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Awh thank you for thinking about us! This weather is relentless! I'm from southern Indiana and have only lived in northeast Ohio for 2 years. I want to move home so badly. This weather makes it worse!
 
That warming house is an excellent idea!
Well my CoZy Legs panel heater and premier red lamp will be tested today and tomorrow -51 F.
The F might mean something else to me right now other than Fahrenheit. The poop-cicles very easy to remove from the coop.

Everybody stay safe during this vortex. Stuff-equipment doesn’t like to work well in these temps.
 
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