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mobius
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Aww thanks! @Beekissed ! That means a lot! Thanks for your support!
Ok folks it is not going to be s-12F tonight. So I plan to leave the pop door open but I am keeping an eye on the numbers as it will drop down to -4F we think.
Girls are in bed 15 minutes past sunset like the little clockwork mechanisms they are!
Before bed no chickens in coop (in fact they stayed out til the last possible moment and would not go in! looking for some of the scratch I threw down, greedy things eat that before the nice fermented feed I make for them!)
5 pm
Outside: 5F RH: 72%
Coop: 10F RH 69%
(I do have a vent closed which i may open later depending on RH fluctuations) No idea why it was still warmer in there without chickens. Straw insulation value maybe?
8 pm
Outside: 2F RH 79%
Coop: 14F RH 71%
Not nearly as cold as last night, girls still are warming the coop. RH within tolerance so far.
I still think best thing i did was that deep straw.
Ok folks it is not going to be s-12F tonight. So I plan to leave the pop door open but I am keeping an eye on the numbers as it will drop down to -4F we think.
Girls are in bed 15 minutes past sunset like the little clockwork mechanisms they are!
Before bed no chickens in coop (in fact they stayed out til the last possible moment and would not go in! looking for some of the scratch I threw down, greedy things eat that before the nice fermented feed I make for them!)
5 pm
Outside: 5F RH: 72%
Coop: 10F RH 69%
(I do have a vent closed which i may open later depending on RH fluctuations) No idea why it was still warmer in there without chickens. Straw insulation value maybe?
8 pm
Outside: 2F RH 79%
Coop: 14F RH 71%
Not nearly as cold as last night, girls still are warming the coop. RH within tolerance so far.
I still think best thing i did was that deep straw.