cold weather

  1. JellyrollBrahma

    Need advice on broody pullet!

    I have a pullet who has been laying a couple of months. She recently decided to stay on the eggs in the nesting box. The problem is, its cold outside averaging at 20 degrees, but has gone down in the single digits. The coop it warmer since its right against the house, and her nest is against the...
  2. J

    Frozen Poop

    Hey all, So one of our Easter Eggers has a frozen ball of poop on her feathers. It’s getting bigger and bigger and the weather here in Northern MN has been in the negatives the past couple days. We are thinking of bring her inside tonight to let the poop thaw out and hopefully fall off and...
  3. E

    Chelsea is Bald

    Hi everyone! Thanks for the suggestions and advice from my last posts. Chelsea is doing very well! She’s regained her full appetite and is very mobile in my house! She likes to chase my rabbit around too. (Poor lil guy.) Anyway, it is now very cold where we live, tonight is the first temp drop...
  4. GoldpartridgeHen

    when will they lay

    i have 6 hybrids (2 rir x ls, 2 black medici, 2 marans cuivree) it is cold where i am, regularly dropping below 10 degrees c, when will they start laying? they are nearly 21 weeks, so should they all be laying within the next few days?
  5. R

    Need Colorado Winter Coop Advice for Two Hens

    Hello everyone, I have had my girls since March, they are amazing egg layers and so healthy. They love to be outside and we had a coop that ended up not being great for Colorado fall or winter weather. It's so thin and water leaks into the nesting boxes and into the larger enclosed portion, not...
  6. yardn_gardn

    Waterer Ideas Please for My First Winter with Chickens in Idaho

    Okay, actually this is my first winter ever with chickens anywhere. As a retirement gift, I was given a double walled fount type waterer, and it has worked well throughout the summer. Someone else gave me a base water heater for it. The price has sure been right so far! I'll use it for awhile...
  7. C

    Anyone tried Samantha Burns Hoop Coop (Run Amuk Acres in New Portland ME)?

    Anyone tried Samantha Burns' Hoop Coop (Run Amuk Acres in New Portland ME) or something similar for a winter coop in a cold place? I am raising my first batch of chicks and am considering building this hoop coop to tide us over to Spring when I plan to build a wheeled coop something like Justin...
  8. NordicWookie

    Ok so I finally signed up....

    I figured it can’t hurt to use this lovely place as a resource but I realized I should finally sign up and contribute, if I can. Northern Minnesota is where I call home. I’ve got a dozen lovely ladies that patrol my wooded home. It gets pretty cold in the winter. Last winter we had 3...
  9. Runt of the Flock

    Cold

    I am literally so tired of the cold weather! :he I just can't wait for summer! :bunI am so ready to start getting my garden established and my chickens are getting restless without any bugs and weeds to root around in.
  10. T

    How cold is too cold for hen on eggs?

    I am new to this so forgive me if I am not posting this question in the correct spot. I have a hen sitting on 11 eggs that are due to hatch Wednesday. Unfortunately, our weather is going to be extremely cold the next 3 days (highs are -16F lows are -30F with windchill of -55F). Our hen is inside...
  11. K

    Looking for suggestions

    Hello Thank you for adding me to the group. I have 16 backyard hens and 1 possibly 2 Rooster. I say "Possibly" as last spring we decided to let one of our hens, "Momma Mia" sit on her eggss, 16 eggs in all and 1 hatched. "Baby Nugget" We were hoping it was a rooster and just as we gave in to...
  12. B

    Sick chicken/info on how to transition back to cold weather

    Hi all. New to chickens this year and LOVE this website. I have a chicken who has been having diarrhea. Pale comb and wattle, weight loss, ruffled up appearance etc. Ordered some Corid/amprolium(local store was out of corid and wormer) and getting some wormer(going to try safe-guard) to try to...
  13. BakuFarms

    Vet Wrap Leg Warmers?

    We have two hens with a vet wrap leg warmer/leg band to mark them after injuries earlier in the year. I like vet wrap for this because it's flexible and seems to do less damage to their legs compared to other bands I've used in the past. Fast forward to winter and I've noticed one hen who has...
  14. Chickiemom25

    Where should the pullets sleep?

    The main flock of 18 sleep on 2 roosts in the 4X8 coop.. ( they sleep there then go free range once awake). however I have 5 who were raised by Miss Priss in the duck coop which is a hoop coop covered in a tarp on 3 sides and wire only in the front. they are sleeping on top a couple bales of...
  15. ChickenFairy

    Need ideas for winterization

    Hello everyone! I’m looking for any and all of your best advice on how I can build a winterized chicken coop that’s made for extreme cold weather. Also wondering about what the best bedding to use for winter would be? I’ve read in a few places about layering hay, which helps to keep the coop...
  16. dnicely

    Two buff orpington hens over winter

    I got six chickens three years ago, two were male (even though they were all supposed to be female), and four were female. I gave the roosters away when they grew up and became mean to each other and pulled the hens feathers our. After about a year and one-half one hen turned a bucket over on...
  17. KLIL

    Heat Lamp on or off?

    My chicks are just over 5 weeks old and I was planning to turn the heat lamp off at 6 weeks as per articles and advise I have read but my issue is its winter here and is getting as low as 2 to 3 degrees in the nights/early mornings. Should I leave it on until its not so cold? Also, we should be...
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  18. angelmand25

    Hatching chicks in summer

    Hello all! We have been planning on hatching eggs in early Spring 2019 but are so excited that we are considering hatching now. We live in northeast Ohio and the eggs would hatch late July which means they would be about 16 weeks old when cold/snow would hit. What are everyone's thoughts about...
  19. ChickenGeek_101

    Is it a disease?

    I posted last week about a sick rooster. Well this morning I went out side to find my buff orphington rooster, and my black star hen not coming out, so I looked to see if they were in there, but they died over night. I can't figure out why, I had one die last week and then two last night. We...
  20. jtodek

    Zombie Chicken - cold reintroduction

    Hello again friends, I have a chicken who about 3 weeks ago was outside with the other chickens in their pen when I noticed was making a weird noise. I went over to her and she was struggaling to walk. I'm sure the roosters had their way with her, a bit too much i'm guessing. She was always...
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