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It's my first year with the girls (we have 3 cochins. They turn 1 at the end of April). 2 of them went broody this winter. One in February and one in March. Luckily we broke it for both.Funny, not a good time to go broody! How many chickens do you have?
Is your heat lamp red? if not, you may want to change it to red, or they may start picking on each other. If you don't have a hardware cloth cage over it, i'd recommend that too. I had a bulb come unglued and fell right out of the metal base, but it landed safely on the cage
Nice run to keep the snow off! Do you put a tarp on a portion of it in the summer for shade? Just curious how it has been working I'm thinking of getting some Bresse chickens and need to build something or them, or add on to what I have already, haven't decided...
Here is the cage we made years ago for my heat lamp, just hardware cloth. This is the cage the bulb fell safely onto. It is in a closed off portion of my run. I have flat panel heaters in the hen house when needed. I turn one on at about 0-10 degrees, and the other one gets turned on around 20 below. thank goodness, not much of that this year. Just alot of snow and wind.It's my first year with the girls (we have 3 cochins. They turn 1 at the end of April). 2 of them went broody this winter. One in February and one in March. Luckily we broke it for both.
We have 2 heat lamps in the run on really cold days. One red and one white light. But that's good to know for next winter. Also about the cage. The bulbs breaking in the run would be a huge pain and dangerous
Thank you! We built the run just before winter. They free ranged in our backyard over last summer. We haven't really thought much about this summer yet. We're re-building the coop when we can and they'll have shaded space under the new one. They also don't tend to get a ton of direct sunlight where the run is.
Thank you! The photo is very helpful. I'll make sure to get that made before next winter.Here is the cage we made years ago for my heat lamp, just hardware cloth. This is the cage the bulb fell safely onto. It is in a closed off portion of my run. I have flat panel heaters in the hen house when needed. I turn one on at about 0-10 degrees, and the other one gets turned on around 20 below. thank goodness, not much of that this year. Just alot of snow and wind.
Next time you see it take a few pictures and I'll find out for you.Hey Mn. friends I have a question. I have a red flower - weed at the lake. Never seen them before. About a foot high and flower is small big as a penny. Anyone know what it is called?
Does it look like a red version of Blue Flax?Hey Mn. friends I have a question. I have a red flower - weed at the lake. Never seen them before. About a foot high and flower is small big as a penny. Anyone know what it is called?