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    REALLY cold weather

    Yes mu husband to does his best nut he isn't momma, i just tell him they just all better be alive when i get home..to the dogs he is the fun guy...He takes the on quad runs all over the property..Well they run he putt's along at about 5 km an hour...there in and out of the bush chase a few jack...
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    REALLY cold weather

    oh thats not good i never thought about the bees well won't be using that stuff
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    REALLY cold weather

    I will have to go read some more i thought the human grade was ok but i know the other was toxic ..my lungs aren't that great either Well my hubby left today for his holiday he has a family reunion to go to...when he gets back i will be going back to my home town for a couple weeks All my...
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    REALLY cold weather

    Well you have a great set up oldhenlikesdogs...*I will probable be a poop picker i was going to use drop trays under the roost so i think that will catch a good portion And my job might not allow me to clean everyday. I am self employed and have crazy hours i have cut back alot in the last few...
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    REALLY cold weather

    oh my now i am rethinking my coop size but just had a thought i am going to build it so i can add a mirror imagine on the end if the herd gets to be...lol you all see how important your feed back is to my questions because i know i am going to be like the majority on here and will just keep...
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    REALLY cold weather

    thank you Cindy please keep any thoughts or things you would have done different living in the deep freeze for 8 months out of the year hens will probable be living inside so i don't them crowed I saw that the wider roost is better for winter chickens so going to do that...That was repeated a...
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    REALLY cold weather

    Oldhen your not complicating anything i am really loving the feedback it is all stuff i need to think about. I am pretty sure once i start with chickens it will become an obsession ...Very much like when i took up knitting haha My yarn stash is right off the chain and 8 projects going at any...
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    REALLY cold weather

    I think i may over think things far to much haha..Maybe its a good thing i realize that, but it doesn't stop me LOL i just saw thisand looking for some feedback on this Deep litter. The deep litter method is low-maintenance, and it keeps hens warm through winter as the litter and manure...
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    REALLY cold weather

    well i am not even sure there are rats up here in the north i am right below the northwest territories border about 2 hours north...But we sure have mice...the reason i have 12 cats..I remember as a kid when my dad was raising leg horns i believe they were (don't quote me) but if a mouse ever...
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    REALLY cold weather

    Good to know something else to consider thanks for that...How many chickens do you have i'm thinking i will start with 12 coop size will be 8x8 ft...6 feet high does this sound like enough room for 12 and maybe a few more once i get started? or should i go larger
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    REALLY cold weather

    is everyone using wood floors in there coops...I have seen where dirt floor can help hold heat or on a slab. For ease of cleaning i an putting down wood but i am going to put linoleum down and some kind of plastic wall board half way up the walls poop catch under perches when the weather...
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    REALLY cold weather

    That's awesome!!! Oh my just noticed your BYC group name love it i could use a name like that to. I have 5 rescues...Not sure how they will take to chickens but i guess i will find out...For the most part my chickens will be in a large run...But i have a very large section of my yard fenced...
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    REALLY cold weather

    Thanks for replying ...Sorry about the weather...haha been a bad summer here heat waves and the woods are burning down around us... I hope the north is sparing you all that bad stuff. Wanted to ask ..Is your coop insulated? I am going to do that for sure...and vapor barrier. And I want to put...
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    REALLY cold weather

    thanks for the feed back on the sand i wasn't really sure about that idea But i love the hey for on the floor if the hens are spending really cold days inside...I have good access to hay not as good to straw ans shavings are hit and miss i can buy bales like what you would buy for hamsters or...
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    REALLY cold weather

    Thanks so much for commenting...I have been doing a lot more searches today...And it looks like from what i can gather ventilation is more important then heat for chicken's so i will have some large windows on the south side and the run will go east to west so it will have a nice southerly...
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