Ginny, Your chickens should be ok with deep bedding and good food since there are no drafts. When it gets cold I add a bit of grain at night with grit on handin a separate dish for those who need and want it. If you have chickens with bigger combs and/or pointed combs I would add a heat lamp if temps in the coop fall to 10 degrees or lower just in case they get cold and can't get warmed up. I used to use large pie and coffee cake pans from Gordon's Food Service, & cover up the heat lamp by running the plug and cord thru the pan, then over the heat lamp. I hang the heat lamp under/middle of the roosting area at night when it's the coldest. Many chickens do fine without heat. I would get heater base so you do not have frozen water and hang a night light for the shyer/lower pecking order chickens so they can eat at anytime if you do not use a heat lamp.
Cathryn
rainbowsilkies MI
rainbowsilkies MI
From: GinnyJ <ginny392@msn.com>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 11:58 PM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg Production
No drafts, ventilation is low and high - chicks were hatched in March and May
Ginny
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