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    Winter Warmth for Feet

    It sure does. My house faces West, it's farmland and in a wind corridor between two mountains (east of Montreal). Winters are sometimes harsh when we get blasted (at all times, really...) by wind. This is why I am very attentive to any detail that can make my hens comfortable and happy. It's...
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    Winter Warmth for Feet

    With the heat lamp, temperature on coldest days is at 2 degrees Celsius, right above freezing point. So water never freezes (hooray). As with the fertilizer story of your, it is truly spectacular what it has done in my yard. Trees and shrubs exploded with such ferocity that they forgot (apple...
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    Winter Warmth for Feet

    Basically, in October or April, you use a manual or electric de-thatcher to de-thatch your lawn. It's good because it rips out the "dead" grass and allows the rest to breathe and grow adequately. Essentially, de-thatched grass is brown-green-yellow in appearance, is much softer than straw and on...
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    Winter Warmth for Feet

    Hi everyone, I know we're in July and it's right now 28 degrees Celsius in Quebec, but I'm already looking into issues having to do with winter. For those who have been following my threads, I threw out the straw, pine shavings and de-thatched grass in my coop last week and replaced it with...
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    The Square Foot Question

    I forgot to mention that for now, this improvised rabbit wire system-from-Hell of mine will allow the hens about 2 to 3 hours per day. I can't really afford to let them loose in the morning before going to work because we're out in the boonies and I wouldn't want to finish work and return to a...
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    The Square Foot Question

    Hi Janine, I built a 4X4 compost bin out of scrap wood when I built my house in 2009. The bin is directly under the kitchen window and people find it brillant. The thing is, it is 6 feet away from the coop and run and I cannot "connect" them together for free chicken access. So every now and...
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    The Square Foot Question

    Hi Laura, I haven't quite mastered the art of distinguishing between chickens yet, other than bare-bones basics. I will look into it! But I have those red/rust hens with a bit of white on them as well as Leghorns. Speaking about treehouses, that is exactly what I will do at a friend's house in...
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    The Square Foot Question

    Ok, thank you everyone for your input! I appreciate :) Having all that in mind, it will also help me design my friend's coop and run, all integrated with a treehouse for his children along with a swingset :-)
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    The Square Foot Question

    Hi folks, I'm a little confused over the issue of square footage for hens. My coop is raised off the ground and is 4X5 + three nesting boxes. True interior space is 22 square feet because the interior was high enough for me to improvise a 2nd storey. Total roosting length is 9 feet. Then...
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    what do you do with the out door run once the grass is gone

    You can put sand in your run. My run is rather small (50 sq.ft.) and in order to have about 4 to 5 inches of sand inside it, I shovelled in about 600 kilos (1 300 pounds) of sand. Then, you could make a big campfire and the next day, dump all the ashes inside. It's a very interesting way of...
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    Effect of ashes on flies

    Hi all, Can anyone tell me if ashes are of any use against flies? I already have ashes in the chicken coop and run and was wondering if adding more could chase the flies away. Coop and run are covered with 600 to 700 kilos of sand (over a total coop/run surface of 70 sq. ft. and I...
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    Need help for identification

    Thanks for helping out. I'll try to look into it with your terms. The thing is, I live in the province of Québec so I'll also have to sort all this out in French :P
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    Need help for identification

    Hi everyone, I need help! Please look at the two following pictures and if anyone knows their breed name, I would be very grateful! They are about 12 weeks old. Many thanks!
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    Some inside photo's of our chicken house progress

    My my... Nice setup!
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    Sand in the coop and floor degradation

    Evening BYC folks, In the past few days, I threw out all the straw, de-thatched grass and shavings from my coop because the stuff was flying around too much. Instead, I threw in about 150 kilos (325 pounds) of sand. Now I'm thinking... My floor is a half-inch plywood and underneath is a...
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