Recent content by Diesel Motor

We threw the shells in the pen last Christmas and the birds stopped laying for weeks. Don't do it.

Thanks everybody. I completely understand the ventilation. Easy. But I absolutely don't see a reason to insulate the coop if you require venting all the time. It's much like leaving a window open to let the smoke from the woodstove out of the house in the dead of winter. Either shut the...

So I would have to say the ventilation defeats the whole purpose of insulating the coop?? Yes? Thanks everybody.

I am new to this chicken thing and this is our first winter with 15 ladies and two boys. We repurposed a cubby to a chicken coop as the kids didn't play in it. It is an 8'x8' with a covered 8x11' run. Our winters can be cold. On average -10c but down to -20c in Jan Feb. This last week it got...