The ducks have also been keeping us busy trying to ensure that they have a safe, warm, dry space for sleeping (which they seem to do in spurts over night). I set up my wildlife cam last night. Unfortunately I only got a few hours of footage because when temps drop to freezing, it won't record correctly.
The "hoop" coop design is working fairly well, but it can be difficult to insulate. We have added some heavier tarps over the their sleeping area, and added a heavy clear tarp over the front section that allows sunlight to get in during the day to warm it up with some passive solar. We have their gate covered with heavy clear plastic too, to keep the winds from cooling things down when it storms.
On the videos, I combined a few to make fewer uploads because I'm only allowed a few videos per post. I will note that the temps on the camera are rarely accurate. No it was not over 70 degrees F at all yesterday. We almost got to 60F, but certainly was much cooler than that after 4pm. LOL And we had ice on the duck pool this morning, so, yes, it got freezing cold last night/this morning.
