New to chickens and BYC

Is that your rooster in your profile pic?

Could you post pics of your chickens?

You post yours I'll post mine lol

Welcome to BYC!!!
Thanks for the welcome! Somehow never saw the notification on this. That is my rooster, Walter, in my profile pic. Not sure I have a great pic of the whole crew on my phone, but I’ll post what I’ve got! Here’s everyone in our coop. Don’t mind the big box - we put it in there hoping they’d use it as a coop within a coop this winter, but they didn’t and insist on roosting in the rafters instead of on their roosts or in the box where it would be warmer.
 

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but they didn’t and insist on roosting in the rafters instead of on their roosts or in the box where it would be warmer.
Chickens don't work like mammals do. Instincts tell them to roost high. They can fluff their feathers during the winter to trap body heat and keep toasty warm.
I would try to stop them from roosting in the rafters as that is quite high and they can injure themselves coming down.
I see Walter has some pretty nasty frostbite on his comb. Do you have lots of ventilation in the coop to let out the warm moist air?
 
Chickens don't work like mammals do. Instincts tell them to roost high. They can fluff their feathers during the winter to trap body heat and keep toasty warm.
I would try to stop them from roosting in the rafters as that is quite high and they can injure themselves coming down.
I see Walter has some pretty nasty frostbite on his comb. Do you have lots of ventilation in the coop to let out the warm moist air?
We moved into our home in late November in WI and unexpectedly inherited the flock and the existing coop. We will be making major renovations in the spring and they won’t be able to roost in the rafters anymore. I feel terrible about Walter’s comb. It happened early on and hasn’t gotten worse since we made a few changes. We’ve done what we can do during winter, but are having trouble figuring out how to add more ventilation because of how the roof is in the single car garage that is our coop. It’s one of the many things we will be addressing this spring for sure. If you have ideas for adding ventilation to a regular shingled roof without tearing it all off, I would love to hear them.
 
If you have ideas for adding ventilation to a regular shingled roof without tearing it all off, I would love to hear them.
Open up the spaces between the rafters and attach 1/2" hardware cloth.
Remove the cap shingles and cut 1-1.5" from either side of the ridge beam through the shingles and roof decking and install a ridge vent and new cap shingles.
Open up the gable peaks and install the largest vents you can.
Post pictures of the entire building.
 
Open up the spaces between the rafters and attach 1/2" hardware cloth.
Remove the cap shingles and cut 1-1.5" from either side of the ridge beam through the shingles and roof decking and install a ridge vent and new cap shingles.
Open up the gable peaks and install the largest vents you can.
Post pictures of the entire building.
Thanks! I will post some pictures when I can get some.
 

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