- Jun 15, 2008
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Mine currently are not interested in leaving their giant coop and haven't been since I put them out there last fall. However I do leave the door open if the temps are above 0 with no bad weather or strong wind blowing in. Sometimes Kimi goes out and scratches around and the others stare out the door. They don't act cold. They just don't care to go outside yet. I haven't seen any behavior that they are too cold even when it gets into the negatives here. My roo did get frostbite but that was on a night that was barely below freezing after being fine in -10F so I'm pretty sure he got his head wet drinking in the evening and that caused his comb to freeze that night. Moisture greatly increases the chances of frostbite. They do better when it's really cold than when it's cool and rainy. They actually seem happier now that it's winter and everything stays frozen than in the late fall when we'd have cold to freezing rains and everything was damp.