pour your drinkers out before you lock up for the day or have spare ones, saves a bit of tlme in the mornings and no cold hands trying to get the ice out
your birds should be ok till you start to mix with others in the racing season then i would treat them for canker, resp and bacterial infections on a 3 weekly cycle, this is a must, jmo
was thinking of doing something similer my self, cocks and hens in sections with poles in all week then let in loft with nest boxs friday just before basketing