Recent content by boulderdad

Hi all - Thanks for the replies and advice. I didn't realize they were fine without the heat lamp, so I appreciate the data points from folks chiming in and letting me know their hens are fine without them, we've been doing without the heat lamp at night for the last few nights. We did also...

Thank you, weimarmama! Your sig made me think of the 4-6 weeks we had out first dozen chicks living in an ever-expanding straw-filled box in the downstairs bathroom - cute at first, but never again! What a mess! :)

Thanks for the welcomes, the thread links, and I appreciate the advice! I did check out the Colorado thread, although I haven't found anything that relevant so far. ChicksandWeeds, didn't think of that, I guess I just assumed if it was below 25F or so at night we'd need to have a heat lamp on...

Hi all - New member to BYC in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. We have had from 6-24 hens for the last 3 years, currently 12 ladies, who are a mix of breeds - Ameracauna, Australorp, Buff Orpington, Rhode Island Red, some Black Sex-links, Sussex, Barred Rock, you name it! All hens, no roosters...