Extreme cold -12

[Ejane07]

It is extremely cold here, my automatic door didn't open. Should I leave my Chickens in? There food and water is in the Chicken run not in the coop. I covered the runs with clear tarps to shield them from the wind.

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

You might manually open the door and give them the option of going outside. Definitely shovel any snow, giving them a path to walk out on. Hopefully this cold blast gets out of here soon for all of us!

 

[SueT]

Hi, welcome to BYC! Where do you live? In SW MO, it was -1 F yesterday morning. I opened up like I always do. When the sun came out, the chickens came out too. We didn't have any snow, but even when there is, I clear areas for them in the run and lure them out with scratch feed.
Chickens have down jackets on, and mine have endured -20F. They didn't like it, but they survived, and the coop door was open every day. It's a big door too, walk in for humans.