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    Best nipple waterer?

    I currently have 5 hens and they are a rowdy bunch! They are constantly knocking over their water and getting tons of wood shavings in it to the point where sometimes I refill their water 4 times a day. I want to try a nipple waterer because we are gone a lot in the summer and we have a neighbor...
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    Cold Weather Chickens

    I fill their water twice a day, to keep it clean and to keep it from freezing over. In the morning it is always frozen solid so I try to get out there as soon as possible. When it is really cold like right now, I fill it up in the afternoon too, to break the layer of ice on the top and make sure...
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    Cold Weather Chickens

    I believe that maybe your chickens would move to a more sheltered spot, but my chickens are kinda dumb. 😂 I found them sleeping outside their coop in -2 degree weather a couple weeks ago. Luckily, that was a one time thing, but their elevators don’t go all the way to the top if you know what I mean.
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    Cold Weather Chickens

    Ok, I will go out and do that later!
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    Cold Weather Chickens

    Thanks! My chicken’s judgment isn’t great though, so I lock them in when it gets REALLY cold.
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    Cold Weather Chickens

    Yes, do you think I should?
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    Cold Weather Chickens

    Haha! The frozen latches and waterers are frustrating aren’t they?
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    Cold Weather Chickens

    2 out of the 6 of my chickens have it on their combs. No too badly though, I’m just concerned about it getting worse because we have about another week and a half of very cold weather.
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    Cold Weather Chickens

    I live in Wisconsin and as you can imagine it gets pretty cold here in the winter. We are currently in the middle of a cold snap and the temperature has been in the negatives every day. We have a radiant heater in their coop at night and it stays on during the day so that they can go up there...
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    It's very cold but still getting eggs

    I have 6 young hens and they have been laying since September/October depending on the chicken and they are still laying even though it is freezing and the days are short. I have never had chickens lay this long. At first I was concerned they weren’t conserving their energy for heat but their...
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    Help! Chickens suddenly stopped sleeping in coop!

    Thanks! I will make sure to check today.
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    Help! Chickens suddenly stopped sleeping in coop!

    Thank you, I am going to check for mites at dusk today, there is no way that I know of any critters could’ve possibly gotten in the coop, as it is raised and very secure. I am hoping it was a one time thing and I don’t have to move them to their coop every night as it can get really cold and I...
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    Help! Chickens suddenly stopped sleeping in coop!

    I don’t think so, the dimensions are the right size based on square footage per hen.
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    Help! Chickens suddenly stopped sleeping in coop!

    Yep! I open the doors daily to make sure that there is some air movement in there!
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    Help! Chickens suddenly stopped sleeping in coop!

    The perch in the coop is much higher than the perch in the run and they have always loved it so I was very confused when all the sudden they weren’t sleeping on it. I am going to check tonight again to make sure they are sleeping in the right place, if not I will move them like last night. I am...
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