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4/28/13 at 4:25am
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post #342 of 344
4/28/13 at 4:45am

We are building our coop.  Insulating the walls, but lots of ventilation by the roof.  Also putting several windows to help with sun to warm it, but I have been told it isn't a good idea to do any extra heating as it is not good for them to get to warm and then have to go outside.  Chickens have been kept for years w/o heat, heck before they had electricity!

new chicken mom, Mary
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4/28/13 at 6:58am
I added a heat lamp for babies , to take the edge off the cold, my chickens loved it and produced all winter long. My coop is big enough for 20 hens, there are 8 residing in it and the lamp only took out the sting off bitter cold. I will use it again this winter .
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4/30/13 at 8:01pm

After reading through the entire thread, I am happy to know that I won't have to worry about not having electricity/heat in my poultry houses when I move to mountainous northern Eastern Washington (above Curlew).  As near as I can tell, it's zone 4b, and dry.  I will only have whatever power I can generate from the sun, maybe wind.  No extra power to feed to animals, and that had been worrying me greatly.  I already have started raising cold-tolerant breeds, but still...I worried.  Now I can put that particular problem to rest.  Now to figure out how to keep the critters out of the wet over here in the Pacific Northwest....

 

Thank you!

Can't stop at just one species, breed, color... I'm happiest sitting in my bunny/bantam chicken pen just watching their world go round.  My Pinterest stuff: /http://pinterest.com/parkerfree/ where I show the randomness of my life and thoughts.  i  have a swap page full of good stuff: http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chickens-come-and-chickens-go-swapping-stuff

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Can't stop at just one species, breed, color... I'm happiest sitting in my bunny/bantam chicken pen just watching their world go round.  My Pinterest stuff: /http://pinterest.com/parkerfree/ where I show the randomness of my life and thoughts.  i  have a swap page full of good stuff: http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chickens-come-and-chickens-go-swapping-stuff

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