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Hiya and happy new year to all. Now I've always been a bit of a 'let 'em rest in the winter' kind of guy, but since our chooks stopped laying in October this year (and then moulted) and probably will not start again until March/April, I'm thinking that's a rather long holiday! After they...

Hi guys, Has anyone else tried using a cheap STC-1000 thermostatic controller to switch on (and off) the cookie tin heater? I just made this setup to give it a try. I set the temp initially to 2 degrees C but the top skinned over, so I bumped it up to 5 degrees C and last night it was minus 8...

I mean I've read just about everything here about winterizing and am familiar with the concepts and indeed of keeping chickens (18 years this year) BUT... After moving to my first properly cold climate I'm finding that...... My well insulated coop has the same temps inside as outside. My...

Hiya all, After more than a year in the coop below, we introduced three new Norwegian Jærhøns after losing a couple to a fox one afternoon. It proved to be a stressful experience for everyone, even after following all the advice we could find about introducing new birds. It also made us...

Don't misunderstand me, I love the way that chickens can be both incredibly smart one minute and yet as dumb as a dishcloth the next, but when I moved the chooks water into it's trial winter location (over a small heater) I was amazed that the previous 7 months of knowledge disappeared in an...

Hey guys, I thought I would post about what happened to settle an 'argument' between me and my father recently. I built a new coop in the spring and after researching on here, fitted 4" flat roosts with rounded off corners which the chooks took to straight away. However, my father paid us a...

Hiya, My previous coops were in New Zealand and East Africa but now I am in Norway, a different kettle of fish entirerly! I just finished building this coop, but after reading 'patandchickens' page on ventilation I'm worried I haven't allowed for enough ventilation...... My previous coops...

Hiya, We bought three Light Sussex "pot luck" hens as day olds. Now they are a month old and after coming home after a few days away, finally I see something that separates them visually (darker and larger comb). Since being a few days old the chicken in the photo with the darker comb has...

Hi everyone, Thanks for the help so far, been invaluable in getting set up for our new chicks (3 Norwegian Jærhøns and 3 light sussex). Had chickens several times before (East Africa and New Zealand etc) but always from POL. Got kids now so it had to be chicks didn't it lol! First time with...