Just starting out with Chicks already worried about winter

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My chickens do fine in their coop with deep litter. No heat lamps. I had a fantastic heated water bucket but that broke... Need to make something new for this winter because banging out ice 3x/day gets old far before winter is over!

With the rabbits i had three sets of dishes and two five gallon Pales..... Each time I'd haul out the thawed ones and fill with warm water. Toss frozen into the bucket and bring in to thaw. I did the same for goats this winter. Rotated five gallon pails into the house to thaw.

 

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They would have a completely chicken wired wall (floor to ceiling) for the two sides to keep them contained while in the barn to prevent that! I don't want to clean the poop off everything and because goats are.... goats.... they need an area that they can not at all what so ever get the chicken feed. my barn is not very easy to clean per-say... but I am thinking building a summer shed for them and then having a wintering "pen/coop" in the barn for them might be the way to go. I can then control the lighting and water easier without worrying about electricity over winter... hmmmm.... brainstorming now LOL

 

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LIGHT BULB! LOL.

 

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We need that as an emoji!

we dooooooo!

 

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Use a hoop coop for summer?

YES! That is genious.... I have wanted one for a while for the goats... *facepalm*

 

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I am envious of that coop! We were thinking that we won't be running electric to another building so for winter ease of not shoveling, hauling water and lighting would be better in the barn that has electricity.... I'm going to try to talk dh into an addition to it. doubt it. But i can dream lol.