Depending on what part of WI you live in, it can get very cold. We live high up in the CO mountains where we have -30 nights. We have a wood fram with covered insulation coop -- yes it gets very cold in there, but we can keep it "liveable". We also have a metal non insulated garage. In the coldest part of the winter we have seen it below 0 in there. Chickens have a way of keeping themselves warm. There is one farmer here that has lots of chickens and they live in a covered camper(so it can be moved from field to field)They have no heat or light. They come and go from the camper at will -- I've never heard of them loosing to many chickens during the winter. The only thing I've ever heard was the egg production was down during the winter.
Others in cold areas on the list have talked about keeping the chickens out of drafts.
Hope this info helps you with making your choice of coops
Rita
In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "misscrient" <misscrient@...> wrote:
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> Metal storage sheds are quite affordable. It gets cold in Wisconsin so I am wondering if one of these sheds would be appropriate for a night time chicken coop. Ofcourse access to the outside run in daylight is a given & ventilation also. They would have southern exposure for the winter warmth, and shade in the summer ofcourse. I am just wondering what the feed back would be on this source of housing.
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