Starting my little farm in Springboro pa need advice (im new here)

Hello there and welcome to BYC!
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Kelsie and Mountain Peeps have both given you some great advice so I will just welcome you to our flock!
 
Hi Keith and welcome to BYC!

It sounds like you got some really good information. The only thing I would like to add is about the metal building. (if it was already address sorry for the double post) We live in Ohio and have similar weather to yours. The metal buildings form ice crystals on the walls and ceilings from the body heat of the chickens if they are not insulated or at the least lined with wood (even well ventilated). It is very difficult for the birds to keep a metal building warm for this reason. Putting something on the ceiling really helps (I am picturing a 12X18ish or smaller size metal building?)

Birds with rose combs do well in the northern climates. The larger comb birds are prone to frostbite on their combs, not life threatening but unsightly
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. To protect toes we turn the 2X4 perches with the 4" side up for them to sit on. It encourages them to cover their entire foot with their body when perching to avoid toes getting frost bitten.

Good luck with what ever you do!
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Welcome to BYC!

You will find a lot of good information here. Keep on asking questions and you will get many good answers.

You may also want to read the FAQ below.

To take care of blowing snow, you could always put the ventilation opening window high up and put a dryer vent type of awning to prevent blowing snow. Something like these but much larger: http://www.amazon.com/Ventline-V2111-13-Polar-Horizontal-Exterior/dp/B000B8U61O or http://www.iaqsource.com/category.php/10-exterior-exhaust-vents/?category=1099
 
thanks for all the great advice I have added insulation to the roof and lots of protected ventilation. a friend of mine gave me two barred rock and three golden comets, and also an Americana. just added them to the coop today lets see what happens. the floor of the shed I converted is concrete so I put plenty of pine shavings down to help insulate the floor. I read an article about using sand. has anyone tried this? how does it work out for you? all suggestions welcome :)
 
Sounds like you wound up with a nice little flock, hopefully you'll get plenty of eggs from the girls! Sand is really popular as a bedding material, a couple of threads on it https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/444759/got-sand-you-should and https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/250190/anyone-use-sand-in-the-run-coop I really really like sand in the runs and around the coop... my main coop also has a concrete floor I do prefer shavings in that, I find them much easier to clean out than sand (not nearly as heavy!).. it will partly depend on how many birds you have in there for the space and how often you need to clean/change the sand.
 

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