a HUGE thank you to all of you chicken gods and goddess's..i just saved myself eons of grief from the DH about what would have been a skyhigh electric bill! after reading thru this topic i bundled up, ran out to the coop and shut down all 4-yes 4- heating lamps that were keeping the temps at about 45F. silly me....of COURSE they will be ok in the winter in their nice and cozy down jackets with their well insulated, nicely vented, 2x4 roosts, straw bedding, heated water bowls, nicely nested boxes, ample scraps and feed..oh and i found 40 ears of corn that the horses knocked off the surrounding field plantings when they jumped fence last week so they went right into the feeder for the layers...yeah*sigh* i think i will NOT OBBSESS..no..nunhUnh..not me