cold climate

  1. onyx2011

    Help! Record-Breaking Wind Chills Coming Next Week!

    Next week, it's quite possible that my hometown will be -40 with windchills. Unfortunately, my coop is not well insulated (prefab coop), and we do have blueprints for a new coop(bigger, well insulated, and easier to clean... took me forever to convince my parents!) that we'll start in the...
  2. Montana Momma

    Frozen chicken came back to life!

    I live in Montana and have a small shed style heated chicken coop. The smallest hen, Violet, gets picked on and tends to stay away from the rest of the flock especially at night when they roost. Well, yesterday I found her frozen solid in a nesting box. She was non responsive and cold. But -...
  3. RoosterML

    Heat Lamps Properly Secured !! Pictures

    People always ask about heat lamps the do's and the don'ts. I have not seen many pictures on how people secure their heat lamps. Here is the way I use my heat lamp and feel it to be a very secure setup. For starters never use the clamp as your sole/primary means of holding the lamp in place. One...
  4. BackyardFarmer4

    Climate Change?

    I just recieved my pigeons yesterday, 17 of them, i was wondering about the change in climate, the pigeons came from Nevada and im all the way up in Maine, these birds are use to 60-70 degree days, we are having warm spell right now up here so its around 40 degrees. But will drop back down to 15...
  5. Mariahthebright

    Bald Hen, Winter is Coming

    I have a chicken that recovered from a head injury, I dont think feathers will ever grow back on her head. I live in central Illinois, it gets pretty cold. Is there anything I can/should do for her? I can make her little hats, but not sure if they would stay on or really work Thanks in...
  6. Noellereagan

    Questions Molting in cold weather

    is anyone else having problems with their turkeys still molting with cold weather? I live in Wisconsin and we woke up to a blanket of snow today and I’m a little concerned. My birds are, by no means in a full molt but they do still have some bald spots. See photo. They sleep indoors but not in...
  7. Meggymojo

    Don’t rain on my Para-egg

    Well howdy do one and all! Here we are at the end of another week! I’m sitting here in Southern California enjoying one of our rare treats — RAIN! This is my absolute favorite weather! I love when the chill rolls in and opening our windows to hear the storm. But just as sudden as I heard that...
  8. ktlady

    Keeping chickens warm

    Just looking for more input. I am in Anchorage, AK and want to make sure my flock of 5 chickens has the best chance of doing well this winter. I have an insulated, wired, ventilated 4x4 coop with an attached 8x4 covered run. I am planning to wrap the run in 6 mil plastic to give the girls more...
  9. erkmos52

    Converting building into coop - how to cover windows?

    Hi everyone, We are in the process of moving to a rural property outside of Duluth MN. We have an old playhouse that I would like to convert into a coop for my 34 chickens. It is in excellent condition and secure, but has windows on every wall. It also needs a layer of insulation, and...
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