Winterizing my coop

[jeep381]

Could someone look at my pictures of my coop and suggest ways to make it warmer? It has
6 roosts inside, the floor has 3 bars going across to roost on also. I't's not big enough to insulate the inside. Thanks, Lana

 

[Kevin565]

What are you using for the bedding?

 

[jeep381]

pine chips with newspaper underneath

 

[jeep381]

There is a door on the otherside of the coop that right now I close at night, but leave the front door and window open. They were sleeping inside the coop at night, but now 5 of them are roosting on the top of the coop.

 

[Kevin565]

What are your average winter temps? How much snow on average?

 

[jeep381]

usually 0 to 30. About 2-4 inches of snow.

 

[jeep381]

I have 10 feet on the other end of the pen that I was thinking of enclosing, but I don't know if I need to do that.

 

[jeep381]

We've decided to use a 10 x 10 building we have on the property to make a coop out of and use this one for more chicks in the spring.

 

[jeep381]

well, plans changed again. We are building a 8 X 8 coop out of plywood and making everything ourselves.