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  1. Ponypoor

    Hello! I am back and upgraded our coop!

    You may wish to also check out Fluffy Butt Acres, Bob has great advice also Thread 'Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/fluffy-butt-acres-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/
  2. Ponypoor

    Hello! I am back and upgraded our coop!

    Friesland are lovely horses, not many around here but we do have Canadians which are a light draft breed all black. Like little Percheron.
  3. Ponypoor

    Hello! I am back and upgraded our coop!

    If I had known how much fun chickens where I would have got rid of the horses long ago! Would have had more money and less injuries!
  4. Ponypoor

    Hello! I am back and upgraded our coop!

    I have 13 and that’s a full house for me.
  5. Ponypoor

    Hello! I am back and upgraded our coop!

    I would call Dorothy a barnyard mutt 😊 other than the silkies and the Roo (polish) all the others are just a mad mix. I hear ya with the stampeding Emu, I have horses and don’t let my kiddies out around them, they could get trampled. Of course they love sharing snacks with my thoroughbred mare...
  6. Ponypoor

    Hello! I am back and upgraded our coop!

    How do you deal with wet wattles? That would be my worry with a water bowl.
  7. Ponypoor

    Hello! I am back and upgraded our coop!

    I am new to poultry but not livestock, I have found that down to around -5C (23F) they are pretty active doing chicken stuff, but once it got colder than that, they tended to be less active and once it got to around -20C they just stood there huddled together - have the same issue with the...
  8. Ponypoor

    Hello! I am back and upgraded our coop!

    That looks great! I am in Canada and it gets darn miserable here, I insulated the hen house which is a 4x10 room in the barn Which is only used for roosting and sleeping. I don’t supplement with heat as my dozen keep it around freezing or just above even on the coldest nights I only put in...
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