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    Hey Northerners: What is the absolute coldest air temps your chickens have experienced happily!

    I was wondering what cat foot was. Lol Ours are out now...my daughter shoveled an area for them and put down straw. They are huddled in their "bunker" (a 3-sided shelter).
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    Hey Northerners: What is the absolute coldest air temps your chickens have experienced happily!

    It's been -24 the last 2 nights here in Montana. Our birds looked really miserable this morning. I really wonder if I should add a heat lamp until this cold snap is over. I've been worried about fire, but I guess if I make sure the heat lamp is very secure it will be all right? I wonder if...
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    Help! Need advice on coop roof---Edit: Coop is almost finished--Chickens are installed! Now Chick

    Btw, they do have grass now and other plants growing in their run. Mostly alfalfa, which they love. There is a lot more vegetation now that we've had our spring rains. Also, on the subject of the roof, we used plywood, but that's good to know about the osb! Thanks!
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    Help! Need advice on coop roof---Edit: Coop is almost finished--Chickens are installed! Now Chick

    Thanks for the input, everyone! I didn't realize you all were posting, sorry... I did get a shade cloth remnant for shade. It helps some. My daughter also built a "chicken bunker" as we call it; it's a 3-sided shelter built out of scrap wood and it is very heavy. The chickens took shelter in...
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    Young hen is very lethargic, can't hold wings or head up

    Thank you! She is doing better now. We have her inside in the air conditioning in a cool bathroom and she is a lot more normal. I think we'll keep her inside for a couple of days to be on the safe side. I think maybe she got overheated yesterday and stopped eating and maybe was weak from that...
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    Young hen is very lethargic, can't hold wings or head up

    No ideas? :( I just checked storey's guide and it says that by the time a chicken is that sick it probably won't make it.
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    Young hen is very lethargic, can't hold wings or head up

    Hot, not hit. Our Internet has been out and typing this on my iPhone. Arrgh
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    Young hen is very lethargic, can't hold wings or head up

    I just let the chickens out of their coop this morning and one little Mille Fleur is extremely lethargic, and can barely walk, hold up her head or pick up her wings. I've never had a sick chicken before. Help! If there's anything I need to give her ill have to go buy it. I live a ways from the...
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    Help! Need advice on coop roof---Edit: Coop is almost finished--Chickens are installed! Now Chick

    DuginMt, how did you fare in the storms yesterday? We got hit really hard out here in Pompey's Pillar! Wow, I just couldn't believe the amount of hail, rain and lightning! There were 3 waves of hail, getting worse each time, and then a wave of heavy rain. I heard that a funnel cloud was a...
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    Help! Need advice on coop roof---Edit: Coop is almost finished--Chickens are installed! Now Chick

    Thanks for the ideas! I think the bird netting would be easier to work with than the chicken wire. I'll have to look for it. I have noticed that about the shade. I didn't think of using sheets or shade cloth. Thanks! I can't believe you managed to do it alone! That wood is heavy and it...
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    Help! Need advice on coop roof---Edit: Coop is almost finished--Chickens are installed! Now Chick

    Hehe. I've noticed that certain chickens have buddied up with certain others. We have a gang of 3 hens (2 Gold Sexlinks and 1 Buff Orpington) who are always the first to explore everything and greet you when you walk in to the run. Our 1 leghorn hen likes to perch on the outside of the...
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    FREE chicken coop plan (nice one too) on the Purina Mills Website

    Thanks! They didn't have a scrap the right size; I would have had to buy a bigger one and it would have been more expensive. I got a piece that was 4 1/2' by 12', and it was only 49 cents a square foot. :)
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    FREE chicken coop plan (nice one too) on the Purina Mills Website

    We covered our floor with linoleum. I got a 4 1/2' x 12' piece from Home Depot for about $27, which was enough to cover our 4 x 8 coop floor with a nice piece left over to put on the floor of the nesting boxes and on the poop board. I got the cheapest pattern they had, which had a square...
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    Help! Need advice on coop roof---Edit: Coop is almost finished--Chickens are installed! Now Chick

    So, the chickens are loving their new living arrangements! We've painted the coop tan, and I'm going to add some trim and paint it green to match the roof. We also got another 4 x 8 piece of plywood to attach to the fence for a windbreak and to screen them from our dogs. The dogs get very...
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    Help! Need advice on coop roof---Edit: Coop is almost finished--Chickens are installed! Now Chick

    Thanks for the input! I'm glad to hear that my chicken wire should work, and I agree, I'm really glad we insulated the roof! There is no shade out there, so they needed some extra insulation, I figured. BTW, I should really give my daughter Emily the credit for over 1/2 of the building work...
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