extreme cold and ventilation - I think I know where we messed up.

[BDutch]

No, do not do this leave hands off before and after FB.

My bad. I was sure I had been reading such an advice before. But I have no experience with frostbite and shouldn’t have advised on this matter.
Thanks for correcting Aart.

 

[RoosterML]

No, do not do this leave hands off before and after FB.



Even with great ventilation, those temps almost guarantee FB.

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Temps thats cold your pretty much going to have frost bite. Any medium to large combs are likely the worst but I’m guessing your small comb Ameraucana is probably doing well?

 

[aart]

My bad. I was sure I had been reading such an advice before.

Oh, that advise is spread all over,

But I have no experience with frostbite and shouldn’t have advised on this matter.

Yeah.

 

[Fernwehh]

Sigh! We've long given in to eye sore structures in exchange for happy chickens (and happy us), but not sure about how happy the neighbors are.....

On the other hand, your coop and run are a beautiful combo! Perhaps you can use clear poly corrugated panel for internal roof, and marine vinyl to cover the sides, leave some space for ventilation or use marine vinyl to cover up the top!

He's a carpenter so I got lucky there! I might just lock them in their coop when it gets super cold

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Temps thats cold your pretty much going to have frost bite. Any medium to large combs are likely the worst but I’m guessing your small comb Ameraucana is probably doing well?

We've decided to add heat from here on out when it dips below -20. It seems to be what others do in our climate. Our ameraucana is doing great. The Wyandotte hens and our fella who's comb hasn't grown out in full is looking okay today too. It was a balmy -8 today so I got to spend some time with all of them.