Keeping Chickens Newsletter

Beth : I love this newsletter - it's full of lots of interesting and informative information. I've had 8 chickens for almost 3 years - they're laying girls, lost 4 of the originals to illness, and have added 4 new ones - all get along well. I've enclosed some pictures of my coop (insulated where they roost at night), and of some of the girls.

I have a 40 watt bulb that is on a timer to give them 15 hrs of daylight and they have been laying at least 4 eggs a day even in -30 degree centigrade - the water has frozen (in spite of heater) but the eggs have been fine… Notice the "curtains" between the coop and the run - the chickens can then go outside whenever they want (they're closed into the run at night to keep out the many predators we have).