I too have about 30 chickens just under 1 yr old. they were laying all winter but sometime near the end of February they all stopped laying during a week long cold snap. I am not sure if i am feeding them enough. I feed them about three coffee cans a day of layer pellets and some days they get...
i have around 30 (reds, speckled ones, and easter egg hens) heheheh i can't remember the breeds :) and one turkey. the coop is 12'x24' i think. i boarded up part of my barn for them.
I feed them layer pellets and table scraps
The heat lamps when in near the end of december.
Back in...
About 3-4 weeks ago we had a week long cold snap -10 deg hens stopped laying. I had three heat lamps running 24-7 but We still lost a hen during that first week. Then about two weeks ago we ran into another cold snap for a couple of days but it was not as cold. Anyways from November, right up to...
The past few days we've had 0 deg weather yesterday was really cold and windy. I went out to check for eggs and then water and feed for them. I noticed a hen laying in the corner not moving that much other than moving her head around. I went to pick her up and noticced her legs were sticking...
i built a coop with aa roll out the back a few years ago. The problem i had, it was made from wood as well. come winter time the poop would freeze in the boxes and made it hard to keep clean.