Last Two/chicken Swaps Of The Season Nov14 Hooksett&plaistow Nh

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I insulated my small coop very well and put a 250 watt Red heat lamp in the coop and right now it's 85 degrees in there. I'm sure when it gets freezing out it won't be that warm but I think it will stay above 60. I'll soon find out. I'm sure your coop will stay warm enough for the Seramas with a good heat lamp. Some people don't even keep their Seramas heated in the Winter

The problem with heating a coop is not only do you have to worry about fire, but what do you do when the power goes out (ice storm of 08)? IF you have a generator, do you have enough power to include the heat in the barn? If not, when you have no power your birds have no heat, and they are used to heat, so now you have a problem. If they get conditioned to the cold, then loss of a heat source is no longer a problem. I am a firm believer in insulation, insulation, and insulation... did I mention insulation?
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so true about power loss and a heated coop
 
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LOL, greg is looking for him?
no, i havent , i did just send another email to his friend though that i hadnt heard back from him yet
 
i just had the scariest thing happen to me! first all my birds were locked up today, which is unusual but i was just too busy today to let them out. 5 or 6 men in a van pulled in and honked their horn, i didnt recognize them, i went out and they asked if i had chickens for sale, of course i always do, so they all piled out of van i didnt realize there were so many. anyway if you have ever been to my house there are 2 sides of the coop with in/out cages etc, one asked about the flemish giant i told him she has new babies, so i am on one side with one guy some are in the coop and some are on the other side, first they tried to catch my sons favorite roo i tolld them he wasnt for sale, then they chose a roo but i needed someone from inside to push the roo out so i could catch it, well i am out back cant see anyone and i am trying to catch this roo, no one is inside pushing him out, so finally i give up and come around the front. they have our 2 old english roos face to face holding them on the ground by their tales. i tell them no no they arent for sale either. well the guy says which ones are! so i told him again the one out back, well they decide against and leave first asking about the crowing next door, i tell them yes he has roo's but i dont think he sells and told them his name, they left. i go about feeding etc happy they are gone, there were so many they were all over the place i couldnt keep an eye on them, well when i was coming out of the coop to feed rabbits and goats they drove by, they must not have had luck next door, so i get to the rabbits and the doe is gone, cage is locked. so i am now freaking out, i have babies in there no mother, and i knew it was all so chaotic i couldnt do anything. so i call the police and as i am speaking i see my rabbit next door! i dont know why, i dont know if they realized she was a nursing doe or that maybe the one guy told the other that hey thats the one with babies or what but thank god they let her go.

i am so stressed out, i dont want anyone here anymore, it isnt uncommon for someone that had been here before to just stop in, i have never had someone unexpected unknown stop and wont do that again.
 
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Does anyone remember when the first Milford swap was?

it was march 21st

Actually, i think it was February 22nd. That was the very first chicken swap that my family has ever gone to. We went, planning just to talk to chicken people and get a clearer idea of how we wanted to start our flock. Well, we found a beautiful little rooster---i totally fell in love with his cute colors! He was a bantam Salmon Faverolle, and a silkie roo came free with him. So we had to figure out how we could house them until the snow melted in our backyard so i could build a chicken coop. We bought a guinea pig cage from the older folks that usually sell cages and pet stuff, plus a food dish and water dish. We got chick feed and shavings from TSC, and we came home with out very first chickens that day! My avatar picture was taken that day---i double-checked the date, it was Feb 22, 2009. My avatar shows my kids all looking at our first chickens, in their cage in my office---after we got home! They lived there until i got the coop built and moved them out in mid-April.
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it was march 21st

Actually, i think it was February 22nd. That was the very first chicken swap that my family has ever gone to. We went, planning just to talk to chicken people and get a clearer idea of how we wanted to start our flock. Well, we found a beautiful little rooster---i totally fell in love with his cute colors! He was a bantam Salmon Faverolle, and a silkie roo came free with him. So we had to figure out how we could house them until the snow melted in our backyard so i could build a chicken coop. We bought a guinea pig cage from the older folks that usually sell cages and pet stuff, plus a food dish and water dish. We got chick feed and shavings from TSC, and we came home with out very first chickens that day! My avatar picture was taken that day---i double-checked the date, it was Feb 22, 2009. My avatar shows my kids all looking at our first chickens, in their cage in my office---after we got home! They lived there until i got the coop built and moved them out in mid-April.
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could have been, wow we were out there in february
 
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The problem with heating a coop is not only do you have to worry about fire, but what do you do when the power goes out (ice storm of 08)? IF you have a generator, do you have enough power to include the heat in the barn? If not, when you have no power your birds have no heat, and they are used to heat, so now you have a problem. If they get conditioned to the cold, then loss of a heat source is no longer a problem. I am a firm believer in insulation, insulation, and insulation... did I mention insulation?
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so true about power loss and a heated coop

I already thought of that. Luckily we have a couple big generators
 
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oh my god, that is horible, they were going to try and fight your oegb, thats horible.

luckly nothing happened to you and your birds and bunnys.
never never sell to someone comeing to your house that you have no clue of, unless you advertise it out side the house.

but wow , really bad creeps!
 

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