Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[imtrying]

Quick note and question where educated opinions are solicited...

Three LF Salmon Favorelle babies are now mine. They are University of Arkansas stock and from the little I know (recall, still learning) these have distinct feathering on their feet already and such lovely fluff. I am excited to see how they grow. So far my Marans are the cream of the crop. They are out first, in last, ranging far, fat little, friendly hens. This is what I want in a bird so we'll see if these Favs take first prize down the road. (also note, in an earlier post I said I was pursuing Partridge Chanteclers... I misspoke. The breeder only has white.)

Question:
Regarding open air coops and my location being in Maine; do you really believe that the chickens could live in such conditions as an coop with one whole side open would provide? I think of the snow that blows in, the ice storms... I have to ask myself if open air isn't better in different climates and better seasonally. Thank you for your responses.

i think it's fair to provide housing away from the elements. also, salmon favorelles can have pretty big combs. be careful of frostbite.

 

[NYREDS]

she was in the car quite a bit updating show results..she and i waved to each other but we didnt speak..i think we wimin were getting a little chilly that day so kept hopping in the cars to chat on net and turn the heater on...pretty neat.they won with 2 polish....

She often wins. She's got some of the nicest White Crested Black Bantams I've ever Handled. Jan's a very nice person. Very down to earth. You'd never know she's a well known author.

 

[bnjrob]

Question:
Regarding open air coops and my location being in Maine; do you really believe that the chickens could live in such conditions as an coop with one whole side open would provide? I think of the snow that blows in, the ice storms... I have to ask myself if open air isn't better in different climates and better seasonally. Thank you for your responses.

The books that I have read about the open air coops showed coops in fairly deep snow. But they did say that heavy blankets or tarps were hung in front of the roosts so that the snow didn't come in that far and the birds were protected from drafts - because it's the drafts that bother chickens more than just the cold temperature.

 

[aveca]

She often wins. She's got some of the nicest White Crested Black Bantams I've ever Handled. Jan's a very nice person. Very down to earth. You'd never know she's a well known author.

stunning birds in person... husband insists on parking right next to that car every year..so next year i will say hi to her..we were both busy chatting away on internet from our cars......she won that division last year also..i have a pic on laptop that i will find later...

 

[Arielle]

Ashes--I'm a bit south of you, and my marans get frost bite, and oddly my black sexlinks do not suffer as much, talking roosters here mind you. I like large open coops for the summer and screw on plywood to block most of the winds come winter.

Spoke to a fellow in NH that uses an A frame structure that is entirely closed up except for ventilation .

I suspect having the right comb is key. I just don't want to give up the marans yet. The points get frost bite. Guess they can only loose the points once. I am looking to switch to smaller combs and less worry.

 

[Robert Blosl]

I have just purchased 25 R I Reds from the feed store and want to build some pen and houses for them when they grow up. Do you have any plans that I can use?
- Ralph.
Boy this is a good subject; I will try to give you some web site addresses that you can use under favorite Poultry Links. I will post these links as I up date this web site in Oct 99. Look for them and also, I will try to put some plans on my section titled From Egg Shell to Show Room. There are also, some great poultry books you can get on library loan that I have mentioned in this web site up date. Try to get some of these books, and you will find some pictures and plans that will help you. We are also, trying to put together videotape of people’s homes and poultry plants or buildings that you can see and then go out and try to build. The semi-monitor building is my favorite and it works great up North in Ohio, New York and say Wisconsin. The late Dr. Prince Woods wrote great articles and was a leader in this kind of building in the 1920s. There is a book that he wrote called Fresh Air Poultry Buildings and can be obtained on Library loan. See my article on this site on how to get classic Poultry books by Library loan. If you still need more help, e-mail me at [email protected].
http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=uaes_circulars


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Types of Roofs for Poultry Houses.
In Fig. 9 is shown the different types of roofs for poultry
houses. The shed roof is one most commonly used. It carries
all of the water to the back, leaving the south front dry and
allows more sunshine directly into the house. The two thirds
span is a modification of the shed roof and is especially used
on houses more than fourteen feet deep. The shed roof for
deep houses give too high a front and require too heavy material
for the roof to hold up the ~eavy snow that falls in most
parts of the State.
The equal span roof is especially adapted for colony houses
or comparatively small farm houses. A house with this roof can
be built 'low yet roomy inside and will thus be warm in winter, as


LOOK AT THE PICTURE BELOW THAT IS A OLD TIME SEMI MONITOR POULTRY HOUSE USED IN THE 1930s
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/half-monitor-chicken-coop

Look on this site or goggle Semi Monitor plans or poultry buildings. I use to have a plan for this building. It was designed by Dr. Prince Woods in the 1920 he was a lung specialisty and saw the problems with dampness in poultry and getting the roup. You dont need a big building. a 8x10 building about eight feet tall then come down two feet for the vent windows and then slant a roof about six feet to say a four foot wall. The south end is ope or can be closed off with plywood or plastic. Mr. Sturgeon use to have these in Ohio with his barred rocks and he would have two feet of snow on the ground and the birds inside with straw litter where bone dry and comfortable. Enclosing a building brings dampness and then the birds will get the roup. bob

 

[Fred's Hens]

The Monitor was used as the model for our barn, adapted to have a high enough roofline on the left half to allow for split lofts for straw, equipment, extra gear. 20 x24. The double doors can both be opened, allowing for a small Kubota tractor with front end loader to make quick work of clean up.

We have brutal winters, as one might expect, being this far north. Those birds with extremely large combs might get a speck of tip bite on the combs, but that really only happens on the very worst periods, say -20 to -30 which happens, but normally only last for a week or two.

 

[aveca]

excellent set up for winter...i really like that a lot fredshens.somone asked me this summer why the windows are small...i said stick around a few months..you will find out..the gales of november, january, febuary and part of march..pretty mean..

 

[thedragonlady]

The Monitor was used as the model for our barn, adapted to have a high enough roofline on the left half to allow for split lofts for straw, equipment, extra gear. 20 x24. The double doors can both be opened, allowing for a small Kubota tractor with front end loader to make quick work of clean up.

We have brutal winters, as one might expect, being this far north. Those birds with extremely large combs might get a speck of tip bite on the combs, but that really only happens on the very worst periods, say -20 to -30 which happens, but normally only last for a week or two.

If you can find someone to blow closed cell insulation in your coop, you'll never regret it. I sprayed my attic ROOF with it when I already had 18" of pink stuff overhead, and cut my heating and cooling billsby 1/3!!

 

[3riverschick]

If you can find someone to blow closed cell insulation in your coop, you'll never regret it. I sprayed my attic ROOF with it when I already had 18" of pink stuff overhead, and cut my heating and cooling billsby 1/3!!
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I read that the first time with the word "roof" and pctured your house frosted like a cake

Then realized the

of that.

Karen