Search results for query: *

  1. kim10261

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    thanks everyone for the wealth of information,i believe I know have a clear pic of what I can do,and I like the bubble wrap neat idea,and Alaskan...wow 50 for summer high...you guys stay cold all year long...
  2. kim10261

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    I can close the heat off at what age should I do this and for how long
  3. kim10261

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    I have covered the runs in plastic all sides, top to bottom,we just expanded the run and will be making a larger coop,i just have 6 chickens outside right now 3 BO roosters and 3 RSL hens,I just bought 15 BO females,because 3 rooster is way to many for just 3 hens I had not planed on putting...
  4. kim10261

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    I suppose it is not a cold temp coming from someone who lives in Alaska...lol but for this "southerner" it is chhhhilllly....I just found out today what my coop could be considered...although the diminsions are not correct,it is an open air coop,but the open air coops I have seen are standing...
  5. kim10261

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    I made my 1st run out of chain link dog fence panels, put rafters on it and roofed it,the coop in totally inside the run,they only sleep and lay eggs in there,they are free to roam the run when they wake up until they go to bed,i do free range on my off days all day long and on the days I work...
  6. kim10261

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    we are building a bigger coop , we will be adding our 15 baby chicks in a few months, you asked where mindyne has the roosts according to the ventilation...that is my question I keep trying to find an answer to.and cannot seem to find...maybe you can help my coop/run layout is like this the...
  7. kim10261

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    really like your idea,i was wondering the same thing on how to keep it from snagging,this is our 1st winter with chickens and I believe this will work,we do not normally have piles of snow mainly rain that will freeze and cold air,i think I may invest in some plastic lattice,also in the summer...
  8. kim10261

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    but do they not flap in the wind still? i went and picked up some of that new gorilla tape,it seems thick enough and weather resistant we do not really have a winter mostly just cold air some snow and ice. we are suppose to dip down into the freezing zone tonight so I put plastic up over their...
  9. kim10261

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    what do you use to secure the shower curtains to the run,
  10. kim10261

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    about heating your water,i read, and am going to try this,a lady took a tin like you get cookies in snipped a hole in it bought the wiring set up for a lamp clipped that to the tin and used a 40 watt bulb,put the lid back on the tin and set the waterer on top and turned it off during the day...
Back
Top Bottom