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  1. Mountain Hens

    New at this... and Winter is coming!

    There is a large triangle shaped opening... the coop is square, so the room in between the top of it and the pointed roof of the shed is all open... there is just chicken wire to keep predators out. We put a board over it when it gets really cold because it is so open.
  2. Mountain Hens

    New at this... and Winter is coming!

    This is our "coop"... we didn't have money to buy materials, so my husband made this with scraps around the barns. There is a roosting pole that goes the length inside and all four of them sleep side by side on it. There is also two laying baskets, but they all four lay in the same one. We have...
  3. Mountain Hens

    New at this... and Winter is coming!

    Thank you for all the replies! Great advice that I will use for sure! Our chickens are not that old... two are 7 months and two are 6 months... they are all laying though. It gets down to zero degrees here, but right now it is 50 and night is 30. I will go take a picture of the coop...
  4. Mountain Hens

    New at this... and Winter is coming!

    The coldest it gets is close to zero (- 9 was the coldest I've seen in 6 years of living here) and it snows a lot... we live in the shadow of Mt. Hood and get snow from Nov - Mar most years. My husband said there is plenty of ventilation... I worry there's too much. And we want to eliminate the...
  5. Mountain Hens

    New at this... and Winter is coming!

    Hello all! I have a few winter questions: 1. I have been reading a lot of negatives about heat lamps and would like to ween our girls off of the warm and toasty temps they've gotten used to... we have been using the heat lamp up high in their coop since the beginning because we live in a...
  6. Mountain Hens

    Feeding Hens of different ages

    Hello from the mountain! So we have our first layer! She is an 18 week Golden Sexlink named 'Tweety'... she got her name because she is VERY vocal and she has started the very loud "egg song" after each lay :) We also have an 18 week old Americauna named 'Lulu'... who hasn't started laying...
  7. Mountain Hens

    New at this!

    Thank you for all the replies! I think it is so funny to hear her and I'm glad it's normal! :)
  8. Mountain Hens

    New at this!

    Hello! We are a new chicken family and have never had anything other than cats and dogs before. This is all very new to us, but we are finding great information all over the web! This site in particular has been super helpful! We have an 18 week old Golden Sexlink, an 18 week old Americauna...
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