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Because of the north winds and chill I would suggest put my your run on the south side of the coop. We have two runs, both on the south with one extending to the west plus a separate coop and run for our Bantams also on the south side of our main coop/barn. We are in West Central Texas just...

don't do that to me. Now I want all four of them and can't have them. We do have, among our seven, an Anatolian/Lab mix that would probably just adopt them as his own though.

Looks like someone is getting egg whites for breakfast.

Wow, what an exciting evening. Two really good basketball games with a large tornado just 10 miles south of us right in the middle. Now for a nice nights sleep.

Because it is Texas. We are an hour's drive from the grocery store, a 100 mile round trip to the doctor/hospital. The peace and quiet and isolation with open spaces that we desire has its price I suppose.

Well that certainly takes the cake. Of all the odd shaped eggs my ladies have given me I have never seen anything like that.

It is 13 with a chill factor of 3 here. Todays activity level is ditto...recline and watch.

Yep, that is how cold it got. It stayed around 15 here most of the day. My ducks actually were sitting on their frozen pools...I guess pretending that they were floating. The chickens ate and then spent most of the day inside their coop. Our geese (silly geese) spent the day trying to catch the...

We had several days of 20's about a week ago and over the past three years (since we first got our birds) have had sub-zero several times here in the winter. Those little birds are a lot more harty than we give them credit for. Our chickens just go about their business, scratching and eating and...

Star and Snow are beautiful...as are the birds but those pups just stole my heart.

Welcome supergirl105...my experience is that West Texas is a great place to raise poultry.

We have a rule here on our farm. We have taken on the responsibility to provide for and protect our birds and all our other animals. Anyone or anything (and I mean anything) that comes on our property with the intent of doing harm or damage is subject to meet their maker in a hurry. We will fire...

Me too. My first winter with birds I thought for sure they were all going to die. They did better than I did that winter. I got sick, they thrived.

They fluff up like that to hold warm air in their feathers and they will huddle together to share warmth. On a cold day mine look like feathered soccer balls.

Chickens, and all birds for that matter, seem to do really well in cold, better than in the heat. If you are West, Panhandle, North Central or North East it will get pretty cold in the winter. But, the chickens usually do pretty well even in really cold temps. Mine were out all day today running...

14 degrees feels like minus 8 degrees...not fit for man nor beast. Everyone stay warm if you can...

Well, the temps have dropped by 40 degrees in the last couple of hours. The wind is out of the north sustained at 40 mph, we can't even open the back door as the wind just blows it closed right in our face. Everything is expected to freeze solid overnight with morning temps in the sub-zero...

That is amazing. I've heard about the fox in the hen house but that picture takes the cake. What did you do with her?

Depends on your county. Call your County Sheriff and ask. They can tell you exactly what you can do and what your liabilities would be. If you are in either a city or an incorporated occupied area there may also be local ordinances that apply.

When you are ready you might also consider rescue. There are a number of groups in Texas that specialize in LGD. Try these... National Anatolian Rescue http://www.nasrn.com/ Or Gentle Giants http://www.gentlegiantsrescue.com/akbash_page_1.htm