Hello from Upstate NY!

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Jemima66 said:
Glad to see other New Yorkers, too!

Those of you in NY or other cold areas, what coops do you have and do you heat them?

Thanks!
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I have a 8x8 coop insulated, house wrapped, sided, and using 2 heat lamps at night right now.... :)
 
I am new. Chicks are 2 weeks old and the coop is not quite ready for prime time. Winter here between Buffalo and Rochester get wicked but I haven't given any thought yet to insulation or heating. I still need doors! Lol
 
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mathewmarie said:
I am new. Chicks are 2 weeks old and the coop is not quite ready for prime time. Winter here between Buffalo and Rochester get wicked but I haven't given any thought yet to insulation or heating. I still need doors! Lol
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Looks like we'll learn together! Best of luck to you! How many do you have? Yes, the area does get cold! I am about four hours southeast of you and it's rough enough! :)

Not everyone does insulate or put in heating in really cold climates, right? I am reading conflicting info.

Definitely a new learning curve in my life!
 
Mature chickens tolerate cold much better than heat. Some believe it is best not to heat the coop - if the power goes out the birds will suffer because they got acclimated to a heated coop. Then too the temperature difference between heated coop and outside can affect them.
 
Welcome from Saratoga! Have never used a heat lamp on any of my adult chickens during the winter and have never lost any of them. I even have bantams and leghorns. :)
 
Jemima66 said:
Looks like we'll learn together!  Best of luck to you! How many do you have? Yes, the area does get cold! I am about four hours southeast of you and it's rough enough! :)

I'll have 15 if my order ever comes in. I have 2 little "boys" right now. We are still waiting for 13 little "girls".

I do plan to insulate before Halloween but I figure they'll be fine til then. I'm conflicted about it though. Often, if I put something off til later, I have another excuse later, and it never gets done

 
Not everyone does insulate or put in heating in really cold climates, right? I am reading conflicting info. 

Definitely a new learning curve in my life!
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We keep some in the barn. Most of our chickens ducks and geese go into a sideshoot off our barn, it used to be the old manure house , but they free range during the day for most days though we close them in the manure house at night.
 
Hello and welcome to BYC from a fellow NY-er! I am working through my first year of chicken keeping myself, 'learning as I go' just like you. I have found BYC to be a great source of information, ideas, and camaraderie.

As far as heat, I have chosen to not heat my coop. I have a basic 4X8 frame covered in T1 11 siding, my roof is shingled plywood, I have no insulation, and loads of ventilation. So far so good, I have not had any issues whatsoever with the cold affecting my birds. Mine are all considered cold hardy birds.

Best of luck to you!
 
The cold hardiness of a bird is the key to it being suitable for upstate ny. We live about an hour north of watertown so it gets very cold up here. Also I didn't add to my last post that our barn is not heated.
 

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