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Howdy fellow Minn-peeps, I have been out of touch for awhile. After all my fussing and worry and all of your very helpful advice - my first winter has been uneventful. In fact, all my worries about my poor cold hens was for naught. In fact, they prefer to roost outside at night. (protected...

After all my endless discussions online and fretting, we have succumbed to the heat lamp. I have only used it a couple of times but will use in on Sunday night. The roof of my coop is open, but there have been times that no matter how open the hen house is - the humidity is in the 70-80% and...

Looks comfy cozy.

The water heater makes me nervous, too. I've heard that mice will sometimes chew through extension chords, so I'm having to check on that periodically. We had a head scratcher. The humidity in the coop was up around 76%. I had the roof open as far as I thought reasonable without having...

The only thing on my pumpkins for two years has been powdery mildew.

The shed is beautiful!!! Your coop (from what I can see in that teeny tiny picture . . . hidden behind the gorgeous shed) looks nice. . . will you attached it to the shed? Move the chickens into it? I think you should hire that Amish man to set you up. What a pretty setting. I spent my...

Did you post pictures of the coop/run? I'd love to see it. We did the same - wrapped the run in vapor barrier plastic. Almost to the very top. They do like it. They come out in the morning and spend the whole day in the run - I also put straw down in there. My humidity has been around...

I live at this site when I'm neurotic about my first flock. First winter. I'm taking the old-timers word for it that our chickens will be just find. Last night, it got down to the single digits outside - my coop down to about 10F. This morning they all looked quite happy. One looks like...

The run is on the ground - hardware buried down about 1 1/2 feet - the hen house is raised off the ground. So maybe I'll put the bales around the base - 2 bales high? I will attach photos. The roof of the hen house is wide open ( - there is a raised roof above the open ceiling and hard cloth...

So I'll make sure to just wrap the bottom. I'll leave the upper parts of the run open. The house itself has an open roof with only a hardware cloth covering. We laid a piece of foam insulation to cover it, but we can slide it out a bit to maybe ventilate it a bit. I think if I insulate the...

Thanks for that. The more I read the more I am reassured that my hens will be ok without supplemental heat - except the waterer. I'll put a thick layer of straw down in the house and wrap the bottom of the coop in plastic to keep out the snow and wind. It seems to be a 'learn as you go'...

I'm from west of the Twin Cities near Lake Minnetonka. How is everyone getting their coops ready for the winter? This will be our first. I have four hens and worry that there are not enough chickens to keep the coop warm. I'll put down straw in the coop and surround the run with clear shower...