Its been around 23 degrees at night which is unseasonable for North GA and I have yet to put a heat lamp in....not sure how I feel about this.
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Its been around 23 degrees at night which is unseasonable for North GA and I have yet to put a heat lamp in....not sure how I feel about this.
Thanks for all of these helpful posts. In Chicago, it has gotten down to the single digits already (pre-Thanksgiving!) and I have been surprised how my 2 Andalusians and 1 Leghorn have been doing. They are 31 weeks old and just started laying in the last 4 weeks. Egg production has dropped off (a bit) in the last few days since we got down below 25 F, but they are eating well and don't seem bothered at all. My only challenge has been their water--it freezes in 30 minutes, so I've had to change it a few times a day. If anyone has any other ideas or things I should be worried about, please let me know! But for any first-timers with chickens in very cold weather, I'm here to tell you these girls are a lot tougher than me!
We hit 25 below zero (yes, that's Fairenheit) last weekend and my birds did just fine. I didn't add any supplemental heat either.
I knew the cold was coming and did as much reading as I could about the cold. I finally made the decision to just leave them as is. I brought their water inside so that I could take it out to them first thing in the morning.
The next morning I opened the coop door not knowing what to expect. I peak in and they're walking around like they always do...plus they even gave me 6 eggs that day.
I think the drafts are the worse thing for them because it can get under their feathers. As long as your coop protects them from the wind they'll be fine...even at -25