do you have a heater in your coop?........I keep mine at 60 degrees, and I live in northern MN........where it gets -50.........my egg count rarely goes down
put some heat in your house........most of my neighbors have chickens and they don't heat.......their egg count goes down to nothing........I keep my coop at 60 degrees, and have eggs all winter........I use a small heater instead of a heat lamp......it gets too cold in northern Mn.
I am looking to add to my flock........I have leghorns and delewares......I want about 6 or 7 more leghorns.......does anyone have any for sale close to me.......cannot be chicks!!!!!!
you might want to look into getting a small space heater.....I did, now my coop is nice and warm.....and I put in a small florescent bulb to immitate daylight......get 11 eggs a day....out of 11 hens....and everybody is happy
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when I woke up this morning.....It was -35.....actual temp.....everyone I know that has chickens, theirs have stopped laying.....I am still getting 10 or 11 eggs a day out of my 11 hens......I was told they slow down in the cold????? what's going on??? not complaining mind you
we have people, especially family members, laugh at us because we enjoy sitting and watching our chickens.......I guess they think we are wierd????? we sure enjoy it though
Last yr. I bought some delaware chickens from a guy over by perham mn. I am trying to figure out how to het ahold of him so I can get some more.....OR are there any other chicken breeders in northern MN.???? that have delewares????? I need about 6 adult hens, as my rooster is running the...
I am trying to find delaware chickens....I bought some last year from a guy close to perham mn....and I need some more.....anybody know his name, or phone nember