seven possums
Chirping
- Mar 4, 2023
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Just tagging in with my own concerns and fears for my girls with this -25F cold coming in.
They have a cozy coop panel (below the roost...I've yet to ever see one of them next to it) inside the coop and a small pop door that lets them stay in or go out. Windbreak blanket secured and draped against the side of the coop that gets hit the worst with WNW winds.
None of the three left after Nov-December's losses are laying right now, they could pile up in the deep hay in the nesting box if they wanted.
The heated waterer doesn't fit inside the coop, the smaller heater doesn't keep the smaller waterer from freezing, so bucket brigade if they refuse to come out of the coop. Snow's as deep as the wind block panels around the perimeter of the run. Insulation.
Plastic translucent tarps around the sides getting torn up by the wind despite cut-throughs.
Big heap of hay in the corner of the run they like to shelter in most.
Giving them coconut oil nibbles for calories to burn.
That's the best I can do...
They have a cozy coop panel (below the roost...I've yet to ever see one of them next to it) inside the coop and a small pop door that lets them stay in or go out. Windbreak blanket secured and draped against the side of the coop that gets hit the worst with WNW winds.
None of the three left after Nov-December's losses are laying right now, they could pile up in the deep hay in the nesting box if they wanted.
The heated waterer doesn't fit inside the coop, the smaller heater doesn't keep the smaller waterer from freezing, so bucket brigade if they refuse to come out of the coop. Snow's as deep as the wind block panels around the perimeter of the run. Insulation.
Plastic translucent tarps around the sides getting torn up by the wind despite cut-throughs.
Big heap of hay in the corner of the run they like to shelter in most.
Giving them coconut oil nibbles for calories to burn.
That's the best I can do...
