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post #21 of 23
11/24/11 at 7:51pm

indeed and X2, dont heat your coops, you are making your birds week, do they have heat in the wild, and yes there are still wild chickens. If they dont make it through the cold, you dont want them in the gene pool

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I don't have a generator here, but I do have 2 woodstoves. The humans will be fine in a power outage (and I can shower at work). I pay enough for heating my house, I'm not heating the coop, too! Specially since they don't really need it. They were fine and happy last winter, they'll be the same this winter.

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post #22 of 23
11/24/11 at 8:04pm
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Originally Posted by jeb251 

indeed and X2, dont heat your coops, you are making your birds week, do they have heat in the wild, and yes there are still wild chickens. If they dont make it through the cold, you dont want them in the gene pool

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Originally Posted by superchemicalgirl 

I don't have a generator here, but I do have 2 woodstoves. The humans will be fine in a power outage (and I can shower at work). I pay enough for heating my house, I'm not heating the coop, too! Specially since they don't really need it. They were fine and happy last winter, they'll be the same this winter.



I have to admit I went last year and the year before with no heat.  This year, our Silkie hen is more feathered than she's ever been. The birds do not want the heat. They're not like us.

I do worry about them, though, and spend many hours checking on them, feeling under their wingies and planning to brush vaseline on their combs if they look too frozen.  But never had to.  The birds have always been happy.  Still, I look them over and hold them to check for weight, injury, color, activity...

I also do a stool sample at the end of summer, to check for obvious parasites.  Also, never had ova or parasites.  Haven't had mites for a few years, too.  But I sure wouldn't PLAN to overwinter without extra support if the chickens didn't pass a basic health exam.

Mom and Dad of 3 boys 14,11,9; live in city in-town by public library and school; Silkie rooster, Silkie hen, EE hen, RoseComb Bantam and 8 of their mixed breed offspring!  And a bunny!
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Mom and Dad of 3 boys 14,11,9; live in city in-town by public library and school; Silkie rooster, Silkie hen, EE hen, RoseComb Bantam and 8 of their mixed breed offspring!  And a bunny!
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post #23 of 23
11/25/11 at 9:02am

I bought a water heater base, and I don't really use it that often, because it doesn't get that cold in my coop. The lowest temperatures we get are in the teens. I heard about other people using claypot heaters, could I use the metal water heater base to keep there combs from getting blackened this year.

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In the beginning there was nothing. God said, Let there be light! And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres   
also//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

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