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Thanks for the tips!

Hi, Thanks so much for your reply. We have been keeping it clean and we used the spray bandage from the vet, I think it is similar to liquid bandage. Now we need to create a large pen in the wetland as we can't find the turtle and there could be more than one! Thanks again for your help, I...

Hi there, I know this was posted in May, but I wonder if you have an follow up news or advice. We just found our Pekin being attacked by a snapper. The turtle let his foot go as soon as he saw us and now the duck has the exact injury that yours had. I already cleaned it up and sprayed it with...

@ Bullsie. Thanks for your thoughts. Interesting 5 cents! We will definatley take advantage of the snow as an insulator as well Thanks, MK

@ 4 the Birds Thanks for your reply, I was concerned that the actual light from the heater is an issue and your response assures me that it is. Our coop is pretty small but the pen area where they can go "out to play" is rather large. I think we are going to try the tin roof idea that another...

@ChickensareSweet The tin roofing is a great idea, thank you.

@ten chicks Thats a great way to heat without the addition of light, thank you!

Wow! OK...thanks. But what kind? Silkies more sensitive to damp, wind and cold apparently.

We have a Silkie "couple", 4 Rhode Island Red hens and 2 mixed chicks who are in an outdoor pen in southern Ontario. The pen is south facing and built up against a stone house safe from the wind. Winters get pretty cold here, as low as -20 C sometimes, so we have a heat lamp in each coop and a...