I wired up my wife's chicken coop last fall. The distance was about 125 feet. I went with 12/2 UF. I really wanted to move up to 10/2, but the price differential was too much to justify it. At Home Depot, it was about the same price if I bought 125 feet cut to length or bought a 250 foot coil, so I bought 250' and have plenty left over for another project.
20 amp breaker will be fine with 12/2.
Chickens can take a lot of cold, as long as they're out of the wind. Don't try to seal the coop up tight, as it needs some ventilation. We turn on a 300 watt heat lamp if the outside temperature drops below 20F. The waterer will need a heater, too. The heat lamp and waterer heater are plugged into a thermostat outlet cube tap used for heat tapes, it turns off above 40F.
Use an motion detector on your outside lights; that will tip you off when critters come around.
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