FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

[LisaAnnW]

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I'm further south than you, but it's still really cold tonight! Last night too, and it was even windier. I don't like to see my friends shiver, and I sure don't want to lose any, so I have my favorites and the youngest ones in our cozy garage. The bantam cage is built for ventilation, so we bungee corded a tarp all around, and hung a heat lamp inside to make it cozy. Our pen with larger breeds seems to be okay without a heat source or tarp, but I'm keeping a close eye on everybody.

This is the way I've done it for nearly a decade - it's extra work, but we've never had a loss from cold weather.

 

[FlaRocky]

Hi all,

How cold did it get at your place last night?

By 10:00pm we had ice. Had turned on water in far pastures to keep line open.

Maye

 

[verlaj]

Our thermometer near the house said 23 when I checked it a little before 8 a.m.

 

[crossgirl]

30 here. I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate cold weather.

This is my first year with chickens. Years ago I had geese and ducks and never did anything special for them but they weren't penned up so they could take shelter where ever they felt was best. We put a blanket over my broody/hursery coop and one over the north wall of the real coop and are hoping for the best. I haven't been out yet to check on the wee ones but the adults are all okay.

 

[Floridachicken1958]

was 31 here and cold with wind

 

[Nava]

21 this morning, now that the sun came up we are in 34

 

[seminolewind]

23 here in Spring Hill. Killed my car battery.

 

[Nava]

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haven't even checked mine,but good thing is I don't have to go anywhere today

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

Went down to 25 in lake wales, according to the memory in my thermometer . It's the length of time it stayed freezing. It was 27 at 10pm last night and 37 at 9am when I got up this morning.

 

[anderson8505]

Real cold.

Frozen waterers, frosty lawn. All my birds survived. Took others' advice and didn't do anything special for them, except I did give them extra carbs yesterday in case that would help them through the night. (I know it works for me LOL!!! ) Even my chicks born in November did just fine, including a silkie.