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[MysteryChicken]

Wow! How many inches is that?

About 1½. Maybe 2 inches at most right now. Not as much as we were expecting, but it was a heavy, wet snow.

 

[SilverBirds]

It's just cold, wet, and muddy here. I think I'm going to put a heater in the coop tonight to give everyone some extra warmth.

 

[MysteryChicken]

It's just cold, wet, and muddy here. I think I'm going to put a heater in the coop tonight to give everyone some extra warmth.

I hate mud.

If there's enough ventilation, no extra heat will be necessary.
All I do is a Deep pack litter, just layers of straw. The manure creates heat, as it decomposes with it. The litter is removed in spring to fertilize the gardens.

 

[SilverBirds]

I hate mud.

If there's enough ventilation, no extra heat will be necessary.
All I do is a Deep pack litter, just layers of straw. The manure creates heat, as it decomposes with it. The litter is removed in spring to fertilize the gardens.

This is what I do in my main coop. The only reason I was going to put a heater in the coop was if everything and everyone was soaked. I've lost a few birds due to them going to bed wet and muddy. It was drier than I thought it was going to be out there, and most of the birds seem to be in good health (the expectation being my top rooster, who was dethroned this morning), so I just put up a tarp to block the draft.

 

[MysteryChicken]

This is what I do in my main coop. The only reason I was going to put a heater in the coop was if everything and everyone was soaked. I've lost a few birds due to them going to bed wet and muddy. It was drier than I thought it was going to be out there, and most of the birds seem to be in good health (the expectation being my top rooster, who was dethroned this morning), so I just put up a tarp to block the draft.

Never lost a soggy chicken to the cold. Had lots of soggy birds that one day when it was raining out, then dropped into the 20's during the night. Unfortunate that you have though.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The chickens get their Christmas gift today. The chickens get theirs a day early.

 

[SilverBirds]

The chickens get their Christmas gift today. The chickens get theirs a day early.

What do you get them?

 

[MysteryChicken]

What do you get them?

This year, Happy Hen oat, & mealworm tumblers.

 

[MysteryChicken]

My Fibro EE pullet gifted me this morning. Her first egg.

It's more turquoise in real life though. Looks olive on screen.

 

[The-White-Elephant]