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    Freezing water

    I add a tablespoon of Raw apple cider vinegar per gallon of water. Vinegar has a freezing point at around 28 degrees. But with these really low temps I drain there water bowl at bedtime and refill it in the morning when I go to feed them.
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    Should I heat my coop at night?

    Good point. I forgot about the high winds.
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    Winter storm Elliot

    As long as the coop isn’t drafty and the chickens are dry they’ll be fine.
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    Should I heat my coop at night?

    I’d leave it in there. If they get hot they’ll move away from it. Especially if they are having issues regarding their health. But you are their chicken mama and I would go with your gut feeling.
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    How cold is too cold for my chickens?

    Do you have any tarps/ clear construction plastic from lowes and scrap wood to build a temp shelter and use the tarp to wrap around the scrap wood? Fill it with a deep layer of straw 6”. Chickens are pretty hardy as long as they remain dry and not wet. I’m also from Tennessee and they’ll do...
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    Little help

    Yes, chicks need 95 degree temp and then reduce it by 5 degrees every week. They dont have there feathers yet so they will need the heat. Hi btw also from west Tennessee
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    Fully feathered, but big temp drop

    I used to keep their water in the coop but I finally learned to leave it outside the coop so I don’t have any moisture in there room. I also put extra straw down. Mine are only 9 weeks old. There are chickens that have survived in Alaska’s -50. So crossing my fingers.
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    Where to get baby chicks? We lost our chickens

    Cackle hatchery or McMurry hatchery
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    Raising chickens again woohoo

    Still like my brown egg layers; Rhode island reds, australopes, Orpingtons and maybe a couple of sultans or silkies for decoration lol. I think the sultans and silkies are so cute. I’m thinking about meat chickens but the whole processing of chickens seems difficult. On the fence about that.
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    Raising chickens again woohoo

    Hello from Tennessee! Getting back to raising chickens again and this site was very helpful when I had chickens a few years ago.
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