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  1. Mrs. K

    Think it's too cold for your chickens? Think again...

    LeesyBeesy - use cardboard, it is cheap, and actually a good insulator. The barn itself should keep it fairly dry. I have read that you can make a coop much smaller, and therefore warmer, but just putting in empty boxes. And cardboard is pretty light weight, so depending on what is supporting...
  2. Mrs. K

    Think it's too cold for your chickens? Think again...

    Emarble, May I humbly disagree with you, there are levels to almost everything, last winter, occasionally, mine would get black dots on their combs, which I assume was frost bite, it was bitter cold. And the egg production did drop, but as soon as it warmed up, the eggs came back and...
  3. Mrs. K

    Think it's too cold for your chickens? Think again...

    A cheap and easy way to insulate is with cardboard, get a big box, like from a fridge, or stove, and cut it to fit. Nearly anyone can do it, don't need fancy tools or skills. I just placed the cardboard on the inside of my hen house on the north side. Helps quite a bit. And come the spring it...
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