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Thank you for all the answers!! i feel so embarassed. I didn't know chickens were so cold-hardy! I will probably just close up one vent on the wind side. I went to the coop today, freaking out if one of them had frozen or something, and I got four beaks in my face for scratch. They were fine...

My coop has plywood walls on all four sides and small vents at the top. My four chickens (Orpington, Australorp, RIR, and Polish) are all about 8 months old. Recently it's been about 45-65 degrees during the day, and about 35-45 degrees at night. Do we need any extra heat? I still have a heat...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=52005 This is my coop I hope its not too late??

We got our first three days ago! Congrats for yours!! I have a question of my own. My buff orpington was panting and squirming around in the nesting box for quite awhile before an egg. When it was done she looked about ready to pass out! How do you help with her stress?

thanks everybody! you will gets eggs soon, promise! yay! Two more eggs today! I got up early to see if they had laid again today, but no. I checked at 12 and there were two more! Hallelujah! I've heard that most lay early, around 6-ish. Does egg color change? Yesterday the eggs were a light...

Red light = calm chickens. White light = terrorist chickens. I don't know, should you use red or white??

I don't know ... I don't have a rooster myself, but I never heard of them crowing at 4 weeks. I thought it started when they are around 8 weeks old. Are you sure it was crowing?

yes those are black australorps I had a few myself and they do get a few white feathers but now that mine are older you cant see them anymore. very cute!!

wait - so if they eggs DO float, then they are bad? or the other way around?!

What a suprise when I woke up from loud chicken squawking and headed lazily to the coop. I didn't even bother to check the nesting box. But I glanced over, and oh my gosh. that is NOT what i think it is!!! But it was! It was around 7:30 in the morning. Then, later, around 9:30 I went back ot...

Mine WILL say "Sunny Side Up". It's yellow and bright red. Now I have to make a sign ....

I know this is an old thread, but I typed "hot" in the search bar because BOY are my girls hot! It's not too hot yet, though, highs of 95's, but I want to make sure I'm careful. They're 3 months old so no eggs yet. I will definitly try the 2 liter idea, spraying the dirt with a hose, and cold...

Right, OK, don't know how this informative thread turned into a debate about pugs ... I have one golden laced Polish chicken, shes around 3 1/2 months old. She is amazing and we love her. She always makes us laugh. But we soon realized that she doesn't quite know where she's going. She can see...

Have you heard of someone on this fabulous website called patnchickens? She has a fantastic muddy-coop page. Check it out! I dont know the link, though ...