Upstate NY Coop - Insulate or Not to Insulate

[Hokum Coco]

It is not really necessary (I live in Canada) but do what ever you choose ventilation is more of a priority and make sure you have a cold hardy breed of chicken. Insulation does also help in the hot summer days you will find.


Here is a link to my weather last winter

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/738994/chickens-arctic-conditions-prolonged-period

 

[ADKegger]

Thank you all for the feed back, I will be sure to ventilate my new coop.

 

[pappy1264]

I have mostly cold hearty birds, but I have two cochins, one of which is a bantam, and I have been told they have a harder time with the cold, which is why we were going to put some insulation in the walls (which we are using pallets for). But with 4 windows (our coop is 8x6) which are very big, there won't be alot of 'walls' as it is.

 

[Alden Chickens]

We were new to the chicken world last Spring and I wondered what to do for the chickens over the winter. We are near Buffalo, Ny and I was worried the chickens would have a rough time over the winter. They had no problem in the block building their coop is in. We did keep a regular light on them to keep them laying and used a heat lamp over the waterer to keep it from freezing. When we got the outside run put up there was still snow on the ground which didn't bother them a bit.