Feeder doors keep closing when I walk away

[Haehnchen]

We'd been getting c. three eggs per day, and the hens went on a two-week laying strike. We thought it might have been the weather, but then we switched exclusively to meal instead of a meal/grain mix and suddenly we're on four per day ... and big 'uns!

 

I don't want to come across as a shill for Omlet (even thought this is their site), but we really can't imagine keeping chickens any other way. We keep a garden trash container next to the Eglu cube into which the offal goes during the week, and then I take it down to the thermal garden composters once a week where it rips down mixed with grass clippings and leaves. i thought I'd have to clean the whole Cube with a pressure washer every so often, but it's starting to look as though that might be only a once-a-year thing.

 

Still slightly concerned that when it gets really cold and snowy we might have to put a blanket on top of the housing unit, so I'd be interested in any advice people might offer up.

[sage]

Hi, last year we got down to -12 on a few nights. To help keep the girls a bit warmer I made a kind of quilt out of sheets of bubble wrap and straped it on with bungee cords.

The main problem I had was the water freezing whilst I was at work but a very good neighbour came round at midday everyday to change it.

 

Hope this helps

 

Sage