How To Care For Chicken Coop. During cold winter weather one of the most important things you can do is ventilate your coop. This is the third post in our Raising Chickens 101 series.
Raising the chicken coop off the ground by 1 foot or more creates an obstacle for small predators to overcome. A second-hand coop can be purchased for even less. Make sure its sturdy.
Another option would be to bring the waterer indoors every night and then return it to the chicken shed the next morning.
One of the most important aspects of keeping your chickens safe and happy through the cold is to keep a water source available to them. Raising the chicken coop off the ground by 1 foot or more creates an obstacle for small predators to overcome. This is the third post in our Raising Chickens 101 series. Chickens love to perch and the edge of the waterer is as good a place as any for an indiscriminate chicken.