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Dana, here is some reading that will ease your mind about chickens and cold weather!!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=421122
............stan
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As long as they have a place to stay dry and out of the wind, they will be perfectly fine if they are fully feathered. Make sure you have a perch that is wide enough for them to squat and cover their feet and legs with their body feathers, a 2X4 is wide enough. Feathers are great...
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Super! I can't remember, how old are they now?
Lisa
They are 25 weeks or so. We got a couple dozen Ameracuanas eggs from you back in April, they are around 24 weeks now. Roosters are just starting to crow, but I haven't seen much red on the pullets. Looking forward to some blue eggs...
Just found this thread thanks to oneofseven. Can I join?? I live in Florida but have CSRA chickens! Well, they were bred in Aikin, but hatched in Fla, thanks Lisa (dipsy) . We do have a couple acres in Esgefield county and hope to retire there in a year or two. I have met and talked with a few...
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I just had a case of the dry varity of fowl pox. It took about 3 weeks for it to run it's coarse, and did not cause any real problem. At first i thought that it was causing a fall off in egg production, but I later found out that that was due to the start of the fall moult. It wasn't...
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Hey Stan! I've talked with you a couple times, but I think it was quite a few months ago. Good to have you!
Thanks John, yep, been a while. I get so wrapped up down here till vacation time that I don't check in often enough. Glad to here about your new status (Daddy) . Congrats!! ....stan
Just found this thread thanks to oneofseven. Can I join?? I live in Florida but have CSRA chickens! Well, they were bred in Aikin, but hatched in Fla, thanks Lisa (dipsy) . We do have a couple acres in Esgefield county and hope to retire there in a year or two. I have met and talked with a few...