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Gallina Sarda and Mainechick168, this is also my first winter with chickens and it's funny, my husband (being a city boy) seems more worried about my chickens than I am. He did build them a really nice coop (shed from Lowes) but he still worries about them being cold (because he is). I do worry a little, but I grew up out in Mariaville and had chickens then. Sometimes, they look cold, but treats of any kind ALWAYS help them forget they're cold. Gallina Sarda, where did you get your chickens? I have BRs and got mine as chicks from Aubuchon Hardware in Brewer. The kind you have were some of the breeds they had and I see you are from Winterport, so I was just wondering if our chickens were siblings.:)
 
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Gallina Sarda and Mainechick168, this is also my first winter with chickens and it's funny, my husband (being a city boy) seems more worried about my chickens than I am.  He did build them a really nice coop (shed from Lowes) but he still worries about them being cold (because he is).  I do worry a little, but I grew up out in Mariaville and had chickens then.  Sometimes, they look cold, but treats of any kind ALWAYS help them forget they're cold.  Gallina Sarda, where did you get your chickens?  I have BRs and got mine as chicks from Aubuchon Hardware in Brewer.  The kind you have were some of the breeds they had and I see you are from Winterport, so I was just wondering if our chickens were siblings.:) 
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Maybe we can arrange a family reunion! Mine did come the brewer aubuchon. Too funny. They were from their last batch in July. I am really enjoying them and am looking forward to hatching some new flock mates :). I'd really like to add some Americaunas and Marans for the colorful eggs. How many girls do you have? I ended up with a surprise roo. Oops.
 
Hamlet has been a very busy boy, wink,wink. So my son and I just finished building an incubator and we're going to test it out on some of the ladies' eggs! If I can collect some more warm ones tomorrow, we'll be setting them. Ever so exciting...

Good night everyone and Ty again for all the suggestions/advice. It is very appreciated.
 
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don't worry that the eggs need to be warm when you collect them for hatching. as long as they are not frozen. just let them warm up to house temp before you set them. you can collect over a few days, just keep the collected eggs cool (like in a cellar) and tilt them every day. some people tilt them side to side several times/day. I do mine once and I don't have any issues.

Gallina Sarda said:
Hamlet has been a very busy boy, wink,wink. So my son and I just finished building an incubator and we're going to test it out on some of the ladies' eggs! If I can collect some more warm ones tomorrow, we'll be setting them. Ever so exciting...

Good night everyone and Ty again for all the suggestions/advice. It is very appreciated.
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my first year with chickens too. I was worried about them being cold out there in our coop, which also ins't insulated BUT we put in a light for egg production which provides a little heat and I used deep litter. I leave one window open constantly and open the flap door on days that are not bitter cold. I have noticed a tiny bit of frost bite on one comb but no other problems. Next year I am getting a heated waterer. I am so SICK of breaking ice in there twice a day!
 
You don't want your extension cord on the ground (thawing/freezing/getting pecked) so you should run it in the air. We run ours out some PVC pipe to keep it high enough up in the air to allow us to walk/drive/plow under it without having to worry about it. We drilled a big hole in a piece of wood also on the fence and ran it through there for extra support. We use O rings and S hooks to keep it attached to the coop, indoors and out, and little to no slack.

Once in the coop I use one of these to attach it to the water base so all the dust, dirt and dander doesn't get in the plug:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MHFXS8/ref=oh_details_o00_s01_i00



 

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