This is our first winter with our chickens, we have a insulated coop and a portable heater if needed.
We usually get lots and lots of snow, our temps average in the -30C but drop to -40 to -50C with the windchill.
My male loves to go partridge hunting and as soon as he sees us get out the gun he goes crazy, can't wait to get out of the truck to run get the partridges, he likes to steal a few feathers before we get to it so I was thinking he was going to be trouble with the chicks, but "knock on wood" he...
I thought mine would be the same, since we feed only raw meat diet to our dogs, they love chicken LOL but so far they haven't harmed any, now if they could only catch the squirrel they've been after all summer, that would be a different story ha ha!
Hi....they are better then we expected, they are curious, but they haven't chased any...yet. We don't leave them alone with the chickens, they are only around them when we are there.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes! I was gifted 3 hens in July, then last month I was gifted 9 hens, then I bought 5 chicks LOL I'm addicted!!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
15 ( I re-homed 2 of the 9 as they weren't getting along with my first...