I'm tellin' ya, you guys all need to move to this corner of MN haha. We are a lush paradise down here![]()


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I'm tellin' ya, you guys all need to move to this corner of MN haha. We are a lush paradise down here![]()
My coconuts are flourishing ..... But the bananas are a tad solid. I think they just need a few more days of sunshineI'm tellin' ya, you guys all need to move to this corner of MN haha. We are a lush paradise down here![]()
My coconuts are flourishing ..... But the bananas are a tad solid. I think they just need a few more days of sunshine
Hello fellow Minnesotans! We were recently gifted 4 hens and they came with their coop/run. This is a
Photo from when we got them. We know very little about chickens and I've been reading a lot online. We are now in subzero temps and I read so much my head is spinning. I cannot figure out if our girl's coop is ok or not. I went out this morning and there was frost throughout the interior and on the hen's backs and a little frostbite had hit one hen on the comb. I just went out and looked inside and I feel like from what I've read there is good ventailatiob-we've added some. It's all above the hen level. It's a small coop you can open with a door on one side. We are building a much better on this summer but I feel terrible not knowing if the girls are ok out there. We have pine shavings about 4" deep on the floor and I made a 2x4 roost bar but it has to be about 5" from ground as coop is tiny. :/ I would really appreciate any feedback. Water is keep outside of the coop in a heated waterer...we also think they are buff orphintons-previous owners didn't know. They love to be outdoors and wait by the run door to be let out. They are outside right now and it's in te teens. Last night it was -10 in the coop. We've added vents at the top of the roof about 2x4" covered with hardware cloth and small holes drilled along the rest of top on two sides. I also added two small holes above nesting boxes and noticed the roof has holes because the metal doesn't lay flat across the top but is wavy. The windows are covered with heavy plastic to keep drafts off the girls. So how can we still have moisture problems? Also, I removed the heat lamp and never used it since reading all about them. The birds nearly touched it in there and it didn't seem safe.
Strange. I wonder if it's humidity in the air. Or just normal for the cold temps to eventually create frost no matter what?
I am having the same issue this year. 40 square feet of ventilation in a 12 x 12 coop---yet my birds still have frost all over them.
Oh bummer. Do you do anything for it? I might try to use coconut oil tonight if i get a chance on one of my hens that got it too. Or maybe all? I'm still not sure if I think it's necessary. There's so much info out there...First frostbite of the year on one of my hens last night...![]()
Not normal, I don't think. Have never seen it before even in much colder temperatures.Strange. I wonder if it's humidity in the air. Or just normal for the cold temps to eventually create frost no matter what?