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Insulated Hen House / Hen Coop - Building Idea


 
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jardinier
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:06 am    Post subject: Insulated Hen House / Hen Coop - Building Idea Reply with quote
Hello friends,

I built a heated chicken coop for my 12 laying hens.

sussex and wyandotte species..

no choice.... -25 F here during the winter...

Building pictures: ----->My Insulated Hen house




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PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 8:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
That looks so cosy...lucky hens.....though not so lucky dealing with -25 !
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 7:25 pm    Post subject: New record Reply with quote
New record here... -46 F....

laying hens safe!
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rather you than me!
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 9:45 pm    Post subject: -43 this winter Reply with quote
extreme clinate here for another winter... -43 degrees today
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 3:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You may as well be living on a different planet, jardinier ! Here we start to worry about the roads if we dip below zero !! How are the hens doing ??
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Don't forget fancy fowl hen show Gurteen 31 Jan ill be there.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:31 am    Post subject: Hens in spring! Reply with quote
All still alive, I began to exit them.

Thank you hot bulb.
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