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    What do YOU use to collect your eggs?

    I am definately a pocket person..though I once fell on the ice this winter and made an instant 8 egg omelet...very bad words came out of my mouth I'm sorry to say..
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I get a dozen eggs from 14 hens daily....all through winter. I'm a newbie this year and was told they "lay off" without supplemental light and heat...I guess my girls never got the memo..lol I have had to figure out brand new ways to use em up....hubby happy with the extra cooking and baking...
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    Condensation in coop

    Ok there's pics...below zero 3 different days so far. Coop is partially insulated (totally above roost) and windows are semi covered to prevent drafts (?) Two vents are on east and west soffit. Should I just put more between beams shown or do something different? Coop temp says 30ish today...
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    Condensation in coop

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    Condensation in coop

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    Condensation in coop

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    Condensation in coop

    Thank you mary for your response. I will try to get pics of inside and outside coop tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully that will help me get detailed help as I am a newbie and may be keeping it too tight thinking I'm helping them.
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    Condensation in coop

    Hi all..1st winter with chickens. 8by12 coop with 24 chickens. Pine shavings on floor. Two vents 8 by 16 in opposite soffit. Two windows closed. Here's my problem..condensation on windows when in 30s or so and frost when colder. No sign of frostbite and chicken seem happy and healthy. Floor...
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    Another newbie here

    You are all such lovely people...thanks again
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    Hanging heated waterer?

    Hi all! Thanks for the welcome! My friends knocked over their waterer some how 2 days in a row. It's a closed 1 gal plastic jug with screw on water tray. It's cold here already so I can't have wetness in the coop. Looking for a good heated one that also hangs..any ideas? Thanks in advance
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    Another newbie here

    Hi all..so glad I found you...my neighbors hen hatched 14 chicks on mother's day(i know aaawwwww)...on my porch..and became mine..Have "adopted/rescued" 10 more since then..lucky to have a wonderful DH who built a beautiful coop for us..I have been coming here since finding all the answers to my...
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