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  1. iwanaplae2

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    Ever have one of those duh moments? Well I guess this would be one of them lol Thank you Jimmywalt. Don't know why, but it never even occurred to me to use something actually MADE for heating larger quantities of water! Duh! lol
  2. iwanaplae2

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    I live in the willamette valley of Oregon. Our winters are fairly mild. I don't mean California mild...but nothing like MI, or WI. We have been known to get a little snow from time to time. But our winters are usually just cold and wet. Our winterizing consists of temp. fixing the coop roof (as...
  3. iwanaplae2

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    First let me say, that is an absolutely adorable coop! Second, I would be concerned about sealing up the run like that. For one, there should be plenty of ventilation for the girls. Their bodies (like ours) create a lot of heat. Think of it as you sitting in your car on a cold day, and the...
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    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    Well we finally got the roof on our coop to stop leaking. For now we have a tarp nailed and stapled over it. We figure next spring/summer we'll tear it off and start over. Now the bedding will stay dry :) But I need to add more since we had to take SO much soaking wet bedding out! It's already...
  5. iwanaplae2

    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    I'm not ready for fall much less winter! We only got the coop built a month ago...then DH had surgery, and I'm busy with my full daycare... The only thing we didn't finish was the coverings over the vents and, (shame face) shingles on the roof... So there are a couple small leaks inside the...
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    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    Yes the top one looks like an Easter Egger and from all that I've read (I'm still waiting for my EE's to lay) they should lay anywhere from a green, blue-ish green, to a pink-ish tan... Your red star (sex link) should lay a brown.
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