Hello everybody. I am originally from Salzburg/Austria but ended up in West Virginia. I grew up on a farm and had livestock all my life. We finally left the city (in VA) 3 years ago and I have 4 acres of land again (juhu). I got 6 chickens last spring. Just a brown-egglayer-SoutherStates-order Mix breed, but to me they are perfect. All I need is campanionship and good eggs-they do GREAT.
Well, here is my gripe: my lovely husband is a cityboy (NEVER lived on a farm and can not eat meat he knew). Ever since the cold season started I have heard complaints every single day about how it is way to cold for the chickens outside. Our coop has ventilation but no draft. Temps never go really below 15 or so-and thats seldom. He insulated the coop for the winter and we put pineshavings, straw and hay down. He even put a thermometer in the coop. I found it never goes far below freezing. He just called me 5 minutes ago -AGAIN- that it is way cold tonight and what to do about the chickens. I really love the man, but he is driving me insane. He wants to put a heater out there now. I let him do whatever with the insulation and stuff, but now I will put my foot down. No heat source near flammable stuff.
Oy... sorry about the rant here.....
Do you have husbands/wifes like that? What do you do? *pulls-hair-out*
Well, here is my gripe: my lovely husband is a cityboy (NEVER lived on a farm and can not eat meat he knew). Ever since the cold season started I have heard complaints every single day about how it is way to cold for the chickens outside. Our coop has ventilation but no draft. Temps never go really below 15 or so-and thats seldom. He insulated the coop for the winter and we put pineshavings, straw and hay down. He even put a thermometer in the coop. I found it never goes far below freezing. He just called me 5 minutes ago -AGAIN- that it is way cold tonight and what to do about the chickens. I really love the man, but he is driving me insane. He wants to put a heater out there now. I let him do whatever with the insulation and stuff, but now I will put my foot down. No heat source near flammable stuff.
Oy... sorry about the rant here.....
Do you have husbands/wifes like that? What do you do? *pulls-hair-out*
