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Hey thats ME!!!
(I think).
We did actually loose a chicken the other day. But not to cold, just my own stupidity. One of my jersey giants. We had a stock tank 3/4 full of water in the corrals for the cows when we put weaning rings on the calves and I totally forgot about it.
I did have cinder blocks in the bottom with T posts making a ramp out (the cows were in there for a few days) but it obviously was not enough.
Just breaks my heart, that poor thing fell in, and didn't have a chance. Even worse, I am not at home and my beautiful bride had to deal with it.
As far as heat, and drafts, in the OP's coop. they'll be fine, keep em fed and have plenty of water for them. Ours were out in the barley fields walking in three or four inches of snow, eating it, and lookin for seeds and such. Started snowing, wind was blowing and about 15 degrees. They couldn't be happier, and did not have a care in the world.
Sorry, you are not getting an answer to your question.
- Actually, I did answer the question right before your post. told them I would use heat lamps, and to wrap them in a hardware cloth sleeve to keep them from getting hit and broken. Even told her to take a look at my page to see what I did for my lights.
When we had horses that were in trouble during the winter, we used I.R. (red) heat bulbs that had hardware wire 'tubes' around them to keep them from being knocked around and broken. Never had a knocked out bulb. You can see what I mean about the 'tubes' on my page.
