Eglu Cube, auto door, walk in run for sale South West London

[lyd119]

went to let them out this morning and it was pretty chilly in there. Any ideas for insulating it this winter???

 

thanks , Lydia

[Ain't Nobody Here]

You shouldn't really need to insulate the house . It is designed with a double shell (or something technical!) to provide adequate insulation. Remember too, that chickens' body temperature is a couple of degrees higher than humans so they won't feel the cold as much as we do.

 

Do you have an eglu or cube? Obviously the fuller your house is of chickens the warmer they can keep each other .

 

My 3 girls have been through 2 winters with sub-zero temperatures and plenty of snow and didn't seem to mind at all .

 

I did on a couple of occasions, drape one of those picnic rugs with plastic backing over the eglu but it was such a faff trying to keep in on, I gave up .

 

You can buy something called a Snugglesafe (and a few forum members have, I think) but it's not really necessary.

 

Sorry, that was a real ramble . But I hope it reassures you .

[..lay a little egg for me]

We have a wooden chicken house and didn't bother insulating it last winter or shutting the pop hole. The chooks were fine, even in sub-zero temps. They do have their own feather duvets after all !

[Redwing]

You dont need to insulate the house, in fact by adding layers all you would do would be to increase your chances of getting redmite as they like to hide behind things and in gaps

 

The chooks will be fine

[lyd119]

oh right. Thanks guys. =]