Thank you everyone! I ended up not putting any kind of light or heat source in their coop. I left a thermometer in there and the lowest it got was 43degrees... they were fine and peeking out of the window at me today... no peep-clucking or anything! It was 46 deg. in there when I went to the...
Hm... its their first night in the coop... otherwise they've been in the garage under a heat light that got about 60 at its hottest... Really don't want to run extension cord out... will if you'all think I should... They're definitely not gonna freeze... but they might get cold stressed...
And my coop is uber insulated, and the girls are almost 6 weeks old... and there's 6" of bedding to cuddle in... its 52 outside, and inside its nearly 60... think they'll be warm enough without a lamp????
I don't have electric out there....
Thanks!
My girls are 5 weeks old today and are in my office... I'm a full-time grad student and HAVE to get in there... the dust is overwhelming, no matter how often I clean it in there... So the point of my extended whining session is this....CAN THEY GO OUT YET??? Minnesota is a goofy state, and...
I asked this earlier, but can anyone shed some light? Thank you! Maybe its too obvious, but I'm struggling with the spacing of the "rungs" on the ladder into their run. I built my Kennel/run today and am trying to figure out the mechanics of combining the two! Thanks everyone!
I am hoping for some insight... how far apart should the "rungs" on their ladder into the run be? And, people in cold climates, prefer linoleum floors or just well painted floors? I plan to do the DLM with pine shavings for now...
Thanks everyone!
Thank you everyone! It was FUN but labor intensive!
The teeny windows aren't so teeny... lol one is a salesman's window demo, and its 18x36, and the other is a 24x24 i got at Home Depot! They both have screens too! Lucky chickens, they have better windows than my HOME does!
The coop is...
Hello! This is an insulated dog house I got off of craigslist that we spent the last two weekends transforming! Still a bit of work to do, but enjoy our pics!
BEFORE
AFTER!
It was SOOOOO much fun/work! Now to be done: paint inside, put in roost, and build egg door, service door and...