[Greenbuilding] chickens

Suzanne Carney suzanne.carney1010 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 14 15:03:24 CDT 2013


Keep me in the loop on this one. We typically put a heat lamp in the hen
house when the temperature gets below freezing. They seem to do fine with
temperatures above freezing. And I guess all the straw on the floor and in
the boxes help to insulate a bit.
Suzanne
suzanne.carney1010 at gmail.com

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Erin Rasmussen <erin at trmiles.com> wrote:

> John,  your post reminded me. Are there any greenbuilding group
> recommendations for insulating small hen houses?****
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> The hens generate a certain amount of heat, and a fair amount of ammonia
> smell. I can use biochar to help with the smell, but I'd like to improve
> the hen house so that it's a bit warmer in winter and cooler in summer. **
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> Thanks,****
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> Erin Rasmussen****
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> erin at trmiles.tocm  ****
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> *Sent:* Monday, March 11, 2013 2:58 PM
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> Apologies for the chicken message. Obviously not intended for the list****
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