Howdy from Brazoria Co., southeastern Texas. I've been here off and on for over a year but just created an account.

[Bertie-Merle]

Welcome to the coop! I use the Forums and Articles tabs at the top of the page to do research. You can get lost for hours. It's nice to know you are minutes away from getting help with questions and emergencies!

Thank you so much, and Merry Christmas!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
One of the best birds I've ever had was a PBR. Loved her to pieces. Her bestie is also glorious. She is a black Australorp. I've never owned Orpingtons.

one of my R.I. Reds can be a be-atch

She's the HBIC. Someone's gotta be!

I'm sorry to say that you get points off for going on about your gorgeous girls and then failing to post pictures of them.

 

[Bertie-Merle]

Welcome to BYC, and a Merry Christmas!

As the others have said, as long as you have a dry, properly ventilated coop the chickens will be fine without added heat. Best of luck!

Thank you ... and Merry Christmas to you and yours!

 

[Bertie-Merle]

Welcome to the coop! I use the Forums and Articles tabs at the top of the page to do research. You can get lost for hours. It's nice to know you are minutes away from getting help with questions and emergencies!

Thanks so much and the best to you and yours!

 

[Bertie-Merle]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
One of the best birds I've ever had was a PBR. Loved her to pieces. Her bestie is also glorious. She is a black Australorp. I've never owned Orpingtons.

She's the HBIC. Someone's gotta be!

I'm sorry to say that you get points off for going on about your gorgeous girls and then failing to post pictures of them.

Heheheee ..... I get what you're say'in about the HBIC! That would be my Ruby! ; -)

My bad on attaching no pics .... I'm attaching some from this morning of The Girls and my current coop .... looks like I'm going to need to start work on building an additional coop as soon as this cold front moves through if I want to add two to four more to the flock in early February .... one that can be placed in one of my other fenced sections so they can free range without a Hatfield's and the McCoy's Redux!

 

[Bertie-Merle]

Good morning, and welcome to BYC. Good luck with your flock.

Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and yours!

 

[Bertie-Merle]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

Thank you, rjohns39, and the best to you and yours!

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Thank's for sharing the picture's your Chickens are Beautiful! And that's a Real Nice Chicken Coop.

 

[Bertie-Merle]

Hello and welcome to BYC! I have a friend from Brazoria with chickens!

Wow, what a coincidence! Ask them if they're familiar with Stanton's Grocery/Grill/Gifts/Hardware and Feed in Alvin, Texas! One can never make too many friends!

 

[Bertie-Merle]

Thank's for sharing the picture's your Chickens are Beautiful! And that's a Real Nice Chicken Coop.

Thank you, Kenneth! I think they're a bit on the fat side, but given tonight's temp drop that will hopefully be in their favor for the present!

I know ... I feed my Hank-meister the Blue Heeler a few too many duck jerky treats and my chickens a tad too much sunflower/mealworm/cricket/peanut treat mix. My bad! They did well with their molting though and there is only one of my Easter Eggers who still has new tail feather stubs coming in, but otherwise feathered-up. Given how warm it's been I think they did well re-feathering, although the man at Stanton's Feed warned me that it could be a late molt and early freeze this year.

As far as the coop goes ... I bought the best reviewed kit I could find and double Behr waterproofed every side of every piece with 2-3 coats before assembling it. It took over a week to apply and dry all of the pieces in the humidity before assembling and I'm still not happy with it's sturdiness, although it is MUCH, MUCH better than most available kits online that I've seen. I'm really looking for a better option ... particularly rot-resistant modular options that can be separated and/or joined together for my plans going forward.

If you, or anyone, has any ideas on modular coops that are warm/high-humidity resistant I'd love to hear about them. I'm seeing that there are resources here that I've not even begun to scratch the surface of .... which is AWESOME! That said, I need to narrow my options down in the next month or so and plan things out.

Thanks so much for responding ... and thanks for your kind words about my fat chickens!

Merry Christmas from me, Barbara, and Hank the Tank cowdog!