Re: New plan for chicken house

From: Jill (news_at_REMOVETHISkintaline.co.uk)
Date: 08/04/04 

Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 21:36:33 +0100

Karen Woodward wrote:
> Jill, you asked in a previous post about our weather here. I wanted
> to research a little before responding. I knew we would get some
> overnight freezes and some strong wind. I now know that those storms
> are called Arctic Winds of up to 100 mph! Yikes! These storms come
> about every 5-10 years and can happen up to 6 times in a bad winter.

hey - Are you sure you do not live in Argyll Scotland !!!! - your weather
sounds more and more like ours all teh time :@~)))
Except we get 100 mph every year

>
> Historically, the power has gone out for up to 6 days.

we hope not to have it out for so long

  The city
> (we're on the outskirts) was caught offguard without snowplows and
> has them now. The lack of planning for snow plows tells me that
> these storms are infrequent, but I'd rather not be caught unprepared.

>
> Advice given from several sources has been to put insulation and a
> light bulb in the pumphouse, so that need must be common enough.
>
> So here's the new plan. A house within the barn. I need a space
> that I can heat with a light, but how do I provide bedding without it
> being a fire risk? Will a light really provide enough heat if it's
> up, safely away from the bedding? If it drops well below freezing,
> should I have a way to close the ventilation off if even for the
> coldest hours? If I hang a light near the perches, will the nest
> boxes need heat too? Or do they just go there to lay eggs, then go
> to the perch under the light? If it's that cold, they may not want
> to go to the next boxes, or even be laying eggs at that point. So
> far they like to pile together on the floor or up in the nest boxes
> because these are closer to the light I have hanging in their "ark".
>
> If they're used to standing on perches near a light to keep warm,
> what will they do if the power goes out? Should I provide a nice
> raised floor area for them to pile on? Now were back to the bedding
> being too close to the light again...
>
> I'm a nervous hen!

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