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Auroradream26 said:
If you need a helping hand this spring, let me know too. As long I can, I'll be there
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Thank you so much! Wasn't I seeing that you have to rebuild too?
 
[/quote]In chicken news, one of @stakes girls starting laying for me today! One of Rusty's sisters. A beautiful olive egg. 6 eggs total today.



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Such a pretty plate of eggs!! I'm only getting of green egg from my two EEs. My CCL have stopped laying. Thank goodness for red sex links, my one leghorn and my Welsummer cross are we wouldn't be getting any eggs.
 
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gonehencrazy said:
Such a pretty plate of eggs!! I'm only getting of green egg from my two EEs. My CCL have stopped laying. Thank goodness for red sex links, my one leghorn and my Welsummer cross are we wouldn't be getting any eggs.
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Being on the smaller side, I believe Legbars are more affected by the cold than the heavier breeds, at least that makes some logical sense to me. Maybe you could get them some little sweaters to keep them warmer so they would start laying again
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I'm getting relatively few eggs right now, at least for the number of pullets I have. My best layers now, on a per pullet basis, are my largest breed (Bielefelders) and my smallest breed (bantam Ameraucanas). They are both laying at the rate of 1.5 eggs per pullet per week. I guess the "bigger is warmer" theory is not gaining much traction with that.
 
Auroradream26 said:
No problem
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I do have some rebuilding of my own. I have to re-sheet and shingle the coop roof. It's leaking
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I am lucky to not have a leaky roof, but I do have loose boards that are allowing water to leak in. It's just the walls that are wet. If I do need to replace boards, they are just sheets of plywood. Cheap sheets too. I would use better stuff.
 
MotorcycleChick said:
I am lucky to not have a leaky roof, but I do have loose boards that are allowing water to leak in. It's just the walls that are wet. If I do need to replace boards, they are just sheets of plywood. Cheap sheets too. I would use better stuff.
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My dad wants to use clear roofing as the lower wall to the run we are build instead of the plywood I want to use? Thoughts? He thinks it will help dry the ground inside but my plan is that it not really get wet inside. I'm sure it will rain in some in the summer when it rains but plan to tarp it for winter
 
dheltzel said:
Being on the smaller side, I believe Legbars are more affected by the cold than the heavier breeds, at least that makes some logical sense to me. Maybe you could get them some little sweaters to keep them warmer so they would start laying again :)

I'm getting relatively few eggs right now, at least for the number of pullets I have. My best layers now, on a per pullet basis, are my largest breed (Bielefelders) and my smallest breed (bantam Ameraucanas). They are both laying at the rate of 1.5 eggs per pullet per week. I guess the "bigger is warmer" theory is not gaining much traction with that.
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I've always read that those sweaters are bad for chickens cuz they can't fluff out their feathers??
One EE and CL molted in November so I read that it could just take time? My black sex linked molted too. Her eggs were small and bullet shaped. Maybe the break will help her eggs
 
gonehencrazy said:
My dad wants to use clear roofing as the lower wall to the run we are build instead of the plywood I want to use? Thoughts? He thinks it will help dry the ground inside but my plan is that it not really get wet inside. I'm sure it will rain in some in the summer when it rains but plan to tarp it for winter
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Runs should be wire on the sides, save the expensive materials for the coop itself. If you can cover the run, that is a big help. I use a wire top, but a watershedding roof is even better. Wire sides allow free air flow and that will dry the run better than the increased warmth of the clear panels.

I just made a winterizing panel for my main coop from the clear roofing. I have over $40 into a panel that is 4x6 and not even very sturdy. I wanted to not block the light and I was unhappy with last winter's solution of a clear tarp in the particular location I put the panel. I still use clear tarps elseware and they would be a good option for the sides of a covered run, of you really are concerned about the prevailing winds.
 

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