We live here because 90° summers would be miserable... wait... don't you poor sods get those too?Good Morning Chickeners . . . . brrrrrrr.
That said - the time sure does fly by.
When I first began my chicken endeavor I purchased a coop kit that would house four birds. It has since been raised up on supports and incorporated into the larger enclosed run. The three ss I have like to roost in it year round. They fit on the top roost in this small coop plus there is room for another hen. I have trained Shimmer to roost with them. Then there is another lower roost and I have been training the three old girls to roost on it. This small coop is wrapped with plastic and the drafty gaps have been blocked along with cardboard used for an insulator. That still leave five large, fluffy hens in the plastic-wrapped run on a roost huddled together. I figure that they can survive. The other coop is that 4x4 I built this past year, house wrapped and vented at the top. It seems to do very well in this weather and the five birds in it hang there on the roost. I extended a cord to it two days ago and purchased a heated waterer to plug in. So much better. Winter has arrived in Minnesota! Yipee! Isn't THIS why we live here?
