- Nov 13, 2014
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Hi everyone!
I got my first chickens a week ago, four hens. One's a Rhode Island Red, two are Barred Rocks, and one is an Easter Egger. They all live in a coop in my backyard with no run (I let them free range when I'm at home and chase them back in the coop with relative ease). I live in SW Ohio, and the weather is all over the place. My in-coop thermometer shows me that it's near 32F in the coop at night.
My question is this: I'm about to get 2 more chickens, a silkie roo and a silkie hen. I know I'm supposed to quarantine them, the only place I can do so is my garage and I'm not sure if the temp difference is going to be too big once the quarantine is over and they're in the coop. Should I maybe keep all my chickens in the garage for especially cold nights? I don't plan on adding any extra heat to the coop except for a waterer heater so there's no ice.
Thank you 
I got my first chickens a week ago, four hens. One's a Rhode Island Red, two are Barred Rocks, and one is an Easter Egger. They all live in a coop in my backyard with no run (I let them free range when I'm at home and chase them back in the coop with relative ease). I live in SW Ohio, and the weather is all over the place. My in-coop thermometer shows me that it's near 32F in the coop at night.
My question is this: I'm about to get 2 more chickens, a silkie roo and a silkie hen. I know I'm supposed to quarantine them, the only place I can do so is my garage and I'm not sure if the temp difference is going to be too big once the quarantine is over and they're in the coop. Should I maybe keep all my chickens in the garage for especially cold nights? I don't plan on adding any extra heat to the coop except for a waterer heater so there's no ice.
