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[Big Head Boy]

Our new coup.

 

[lynnehd]

Our new coup.

Looks very nice! Your picture makes me want to see more pictures!

 

[gmatson]

 

[gmatson]

Almost done

 

[gmatson]

 

[peastix]

Who knew when I put the sign over the viewing door on the new coop that it would make for such a photo opportunity .. OK, she is not currently broody but I just had to share

Ha Ha too funny!

 

[gpeters3]

You know that in Germany farmers connect the house to the barn and circulate air from the barn bound animals space to the house and their heating bill is very low. So, close up your chickens and heat your house.....just kidding

Not sure if they are closed in but im sure not open like a woods coop. I dont actually know all the details. I ran into this bit of info while researching wood stoves. Id tell you how the Russians do it but it has nothing to do with chickens or animals.

 

[MeepBeep]

You know that in Germany farmers connect the house to the barn and circulate air from the barn bound animals space to the house and their heating bill is very low. So, close up your chickens and heat your house.....just kidding

Keeping chickens in the barn with other livestock in cold weather was quite common in the old days as barns with livestock can be quite toasty in the winter and if not toasty many degrees warmer then outside... Plus the chickens got to eat all the leftovers in the manure as well as any bugs that might come around...

To put this in perspective, a cow for example gives off about 3500-4000 BTU an hour, that means 15-20 cows give off as much heat as your average house furnace but the cows don't cycle on/off like your furnace they run 24/7... So a house connected to a barn if done properly could provide you with off grid heating all winter along, at least in theory...

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I have one turkey hatched and one more is coming out my dad bought the first one a little stuffed bear at the dollar general being the only one to keep him quiet it keeps making the same sound as its mom does when she found something to eat in the woods

 

[HarrisCoop]