I am looking for some good kind of bushes I can plant in my pen area that my chickens can take cover under. Does anyone out there have any good suggestions?
My chickens are a hybrid cross between a White Rock egg-layer type female and a Rhode Island Red male. They seem to be great layers they produce almost every day so far. I just want to plan ahead for the winter.
I have a 6' x 8' x8' which is 2x4 walls with osb on the inside so there coop has a barrier between the outside walls. I have 4 4" ventilation holes at the highest point in my coop. Other then the vent holes my coop is draft free once I close there coop up at night. So you think know heating is...
I'm new at this and I am trying to figure out what kind of lighting or heat will be required in my coop this winter. I am reading they need a little extra light in the winter to keep laying. I am wondering if I should hook some type of lighting up to a timer and will I need any heat lamps. I...