[KansasTerri]

It got down to minus 6, with a strong wind blowing. AND I discovered that my emergency hen house heater was simply not strong enough. It took me far too long to figure out that there was nothing wrong with the settings, which meant that I was out swapping heaters at 11 at night.

Now I know that if you crowd the chickens a bit that no supplemental heat would be needed, but I only have 5 birds in a 12 x 10 structure. And so my birds needed a bit of supplemental heat in order to keep the inside temps in the teens. I would have preferred it to be 10 degrees WARMER, but my space heaters are simply not designed for minus 6!