What breeds are they??

[sylviethecochin]

Also, I don't know where you live, @JasperMoon, but if it gets cold at all, I'd do away with the metal perch. They can freeze their feet.

 

[sourland]

Also, I don't know where you live, @JasperMoon, but if it gets cold at all, I'd do away with the metal perch. They can freeze their feet.

Excellent observation.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Excellent observation.

Aww, shucks.

 

[JasperMoon]

Aww, shucks.

yes i told my father to replace it with wood, frankly ohio is cold, and i know hey hey (our rooster) is suffering from frostbite on his comb... id let him inside but A they wont let me touch them and b my parrents dont want them into the house.. they have heat lamps and i can put a portable heater in there if i need to.

 

[JasperMoon]

they have cream white ealrobes on them all except the black hen nubby, also nubby appers to be the eldest, and missing all but one claw, i dont know if we should cull her or not tho

 

[sylviethecochin]

yes i told my father to replace it with wood, frankly ohio is cold, and i know hey hey (our rooster) is suffering from frostbite on his comb... id let him inside but A they wont let me touch them and b my parrents dont want them into the house.. they have heat lamps and i can put a portable heater in there if i need to.

As a Pennsylvanian, I sypathise with your weather, but adult chickens generally don't need heat lamps (yours probably do, now that they're used to it.) You have quite a few wires there. I'd try to get them out of the way a little more, check out some of the learner's articles on ventilation and air flow. There are a lot of threads on here about coops burning down in the night.

That said, if you're getting eggs, the heat lamp is probably the reason why. Birds need light to produce the hormones that make them lay eggs. Just make sure it's well secured, the birds can't touch it, do not use teflon-coated bulbs (someone here recently lost half her flock to teflon) and make sure your birds are safe.

And try to convince him to get a wooden perch. A 2x4 or a sawhorse could work, if you have the room. Wide, flat perches are good, chickens can sit on them and tuck their toes up under their fluff.

Unless they're pets, you should cull if she doesn't lay eggs in the spring. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

 

[JasperMoon]

As a Pennsylvanian, I sypathise with your weather, but adult chickens generally don't need heat lamps (yours probably do, now that they're used to it.) You have quite a few wires there. I'd try to get them out of the way a little more, check out some of the learner's articles on ventilation and air flow. There are a lot of threads on here about coops burning down in the night.

That said, if you're getting eggs, the heat lamp is probably the reason why. Birds need light to produce the hormones that make them lay eggs. Just make sure it's well secured, the birds can't touch it, do not use teflon-coated bulbs (someone here recently lost half her flock to teflon) and make sure your birds are safe.

And try to convince him to get a wooden perch. A 2x4 or a sawhorse could work, if you have the room. Wide, flat perches are good, chickens can sit on them and tuck their toes up under their fluff.

Unless they're pets, you should cull if she doesn't lay eggs in the spring. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

thank you! and no she is not a pet, she is not tame and is also scared of us. though maybe i can save her as one ^^

 

[JasperMoon]

As a Pennsylvanian, I sypathise with your weather, but adult chickens generally don't need heat lamps (yours probably do, now that they're used to it.) You have quite a few wires there. I'd try to get them out of the way a little more, check out some of the learner's articles on ventilation and air flow. There are a lot of threads on here about coops burning down in the night.

That said, if you're getting eggs, the heat lamp is probably the reason why. Birds need light to produce the hormones that make them lay eggs. Just make sure it's well secured, the birds can't touch it, do not use teflon-coated bulbs (someone here recently lost half her flock to teflon) and make sure your birds are safe.

And try to convince him to get a wooden perch. A 2x4 or a sawhorse could work, if you have the room. Wide, flat perches are good, chickens can sit on them and tuck their toes up under their fluff.

Unless they're pets, you should cull if she doesn't lay eggs in the spring. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

it is also ventilated, with a pre installed ventelator

 

[debid]

Got any fruit trees? Fruit wood is non-toxic and if you have a few fruit trees that need pruning anyway, they should be plenty dormant by now.

 

[JasperMoon]

Got any fruit trees? Fruit wood is non-toxic and if you have a few fruit trees that need pruning anyway, they should be plenty dormant by now.

we have nut trees, walnuts and pecans.