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Mrs. AKBB here... Well, we got the new enclosure finished this weekend. Not without bumps and bruises, etc., but we did it! The hens are happily destroying the new yard. But there hasn't been nearly as much squawking and pecking today as there has been! They're happy! We decided to put...

Quote: Mrs. AKBB here again. You're welcome... glad to help! Most of the girls are cold-hardy, so anything above freezing is good, but I try to keep the coop between 55 & 65F. There's a doubled-up towel over the doorway so they can go in and out as they please and not let in too much cold...

AK-Bird-Brain-Wife here... with some photos of the chicken coop and the insulation. The coop is built 2" R-19 foam board sandwiched between two sheets of 1/2" plywood (the floor is 3/4"). My DH wired it for lights/heat, and I keep two to three heat lamps in there during the winter. He may...

We get the most eggs between 10 and 3 and sometimes we'll get one as late as 9pm. We also started out with no run but have found that the more room they have the happier they are and the happier they are the more eggs they lay. I'm not sure if only 1 red lamp would count. if you had 1 lamp lit...

I'll ask my wife to post some pics, were currently in the middle of a coup remodel. Decided to double the size of their fenced run to give them more room. also giving them a new 8x10 covered area (last winter they didnt care to walk in the snow, and I dont care to shovel them out every time...