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Thank you all so much for the replies it helps alot. In the winter in Ohio it does get pretty cold and lots of snow but there coops will be nice and draft free

So I live in North Carolina and and have 4 hens all of them laying. I was just wondering how do you move them? We are moving to Ohio in a week and was wondering if the climate change would bother them it's still 60s -70s in North Carolina and like 30s-50s in Ohio . Also do you feed them and give...

Thank you all I think I will start closing the coop the only thing is getting up to let them out .. I'm not an early bird lol ill get the husband to do it.. But if it means keeping my girls safe I will def do it

Ok so I have a question .. I am worried about my girls and was wondering if anyone else has this problem. :/ so I got a run that we close at night and inside is the coop .. Well the girls know where there bed is and go in at night but I notice sometimes when we let our dog out before we go to...

So I was wondering when the right time to put chicks outside... I've been reading all sorts of opinions .. I got 2 light bramahs and I live in North Carolina during the day they would be alright I'm just worried about night.. It gets down to mid 30s still.. Should I put a 250w heat lamp on at...

hello all i need help ASAP. i just ordered 3 baby chicks (light brahmas) , i just got them in on thursday and lost one because i think it was already sick...anyway the other two look fine running around and chirping like crazy but the one has "pasty butt" i keep cleaning it to keep her vent...

right now i have 1 rir and 1 barred rock my first question is, are they warm enough just being the 2 of them? it gets down to 20s at night and i worry they are cold, i just lost one last week..there used to be 3 to snuggle :-( My second question is... i just ordered 3 light brahmas chicks, when...

Yea I think I will be doing some renovations it feels horrible when you loose one, you get so close.. Thank you all, for the replies :)

Thank you all so much for the replies I will find stuff to keep them busy :)

Any reasponce would be greatly appreciated.

So i started off with 4 chickens because this is my first time, i am now down to 2, my husband found one yesterday dead by the fence, we think it was a hawk , we keep them locked up at night but durning the day they free range around our whole back yard, so anyways we are now thinking of keeping...

Thank you for the comments :) also how long do they last in the fridge?

Hey y'all I'm new to owning chickens and they just started laying I have 3 hens only one started to lay.. Anyways my husband and I both work early and get home around 4 and we live in North Carolina where the summers get very hot how long can the eggs be left out untill they go bad? I plan on...

thank you. the one rir looks simalar to yours but the other has nothing! its crazy

I have 2 rir and 1 barred rock, the one rir and barred rock combs and waddles are growing like crazy and the other rir comb and waddles is not growing at all , they are all around the same age of around 23 weeks. Will her comb and waddle grow? What is going on? Also does there comb and waddle...

Thank you! Your right around the corner from me lol I live in north Carolina.. So it doesnt get that cold here eaither.. Hope they lay this winter

when do rir and barred rock start to lay? i have 2 rir and 1 barred rock all around 21 - 22 weeks...its just the beging of winter and still no eggs!!! im getting impatient , will they lay this winter?

thank you! feel better now :-)

So where I live it gets about 30s at night sometimes not even that. How cold can barred rock and rir handle? I don't want my girls getting to cold at night. Our coop is not insulated and the door is a hole, no door to close, so I was wondering what do you guys do to keep your coops warm? Lights...

yey go N.C. :-) i have 1 barred rock and 2 rir. i ended up putting a heat light outside of the coop during the early morning hours and thats it, because i work early and i want to see them before i go :-), they seem to like it , there more active in the morning now but they free range durning...