Apparently just you.

 

Does anyone here keep chickens?

We built a portable coop and drag it around the yard. Now that it is cold we are concerned that the coop may not be food enough.






I put cardboard around it the other day to keep it from being too drafty. We don't run a light or heater. I had a blanket thrown over the top to insure the roof but it has been windy and it blew away.

I do have a play house the girls do not use. It is very robust and could be converted and insulated etc.

 

Byron did you buy or are using a different PC? or installed a new sofware?

 

Those portable chicken coops are a great idea if you can't let them roam free.

 

I didn't. Same laptop I have been using for 3 years. It may be my phone though. I do a lot on the forum from it as well as my Chromebook.

 

seeing the above leads me to think it's my iPhun

 

Ah, yes, for sure ("smart" phone)

 

I have chickens, and I built my own portable coop. How cold does it get in your area?

Happy birthday to Aaron!

 

Minus 10C and windy as heck.

 

We do too, but mine are in a coop I built in the corner of the lean-to shed attached to our bank barn. And this is the first year I've had them (first winter), so I'm more or less useless. I do like farm fresh eggs, though!

I've done a fair amount of reading on the subject and they say that they do pretty well keeping warm. I would do what you can to shield the coop from wind, and insulate it as best you can, but they're covered in a down coat for goodness sakes, I would hope they can keep warm that way. How many do you have in your coop?

 

Happy birthday Aaron.

 

We have 5 in our coop. I was hoping to do a wood shed coop combo but ran out of time this summer.

 

I think they are going to struggle in that. If you had wood sides and a 100W incandescent light bulb I think it would be ok.

 

Phil, how is doing your kid?

 

Still has a cough, but no more attacks...