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  1. Cloverr39

    How cold is too cold for chickens?

    I've heard chickens will be fine walking aoutside in -20°C weather, but what about at night? I only have a small wooden coop made out of pallets and one layer of styrofoam along the walls. The breeds I have are silkies, bantam brahmas and bantam cochins. Overall pretty small and compact breeds...
  2. ChickenOfSpades

    Sudden temp drop in weather, should I heat coop?

    I know it's usually not necessary to heat a coop in winter, but were getting a sudden drop in temp. Should I give them a little heat since they may not be acclimated yet? (I have a flat panel heater with high/low settings to use instead of a heat lamp) We've been in the mid 70s in day and 40s...
  3. M

    Too cold this winter for chicks :(

    Hello! I recently got 10 chicks shipped to me and they’re around 2 weeks old right now I also have one chick that is 3 weeks old and I thought I would be able to put them in their permanent coop this winter before it gets cold but it’s getting cold here VERY fast and it’s gonna be a very snowy...
  4. C

    Guineas soaked in the rain

    I am new to owning guineas and have a mixed flock with them and chickens. They have been doing great, and are about 2 months old and have been in their coop and outdoor run area for 2 weeks. I live in Iowa, USA. It had been very dry, so the guineas had been sleeping by roosting on the roof of...
    • canislupis1
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    • cold guinea guinea behavior illness rain rain soaked hens soaked hens water
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    • Forum: Guinea Fowl
  5. D

    Somebody please tell me the reason she died

    My baby quail got wet during the night and in the morning was very cold, couldn't stand and barely opened her eyes, but at least she was breathing... Before i go on, a day ago she was just as weak when i woke up, but not cold, her crop was pretty much empty and i somehow saved her after watching...
    • Daniel415
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    • baby quail choking cold crop dead feed help sleeping water weak
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Quail
  6. R

    Chicken found in pool

    I found my chicken in my pool tonight and I’m not sure what to do. It’s still pretty warm at night here but I’m worried. The chicken is standing still and shivering a bit. She closes her eyes at times and I’m not sure if she’s trying to sleep or not. I’ve warned her up using a heater and blow...
  7. H

    Ducklings and EcoGlow Heating Plate

    This isn’t a question, more so just sharing info as I’ve learned incase anyone wants to know. Got some 2 day old runner ducklings. Made them a brooder. Used an EcoGlow heating plate for heat- it works great whenever I get chicks! The ducklings definitely get warm from it, it just seems like...
    • homesteadmama8
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    • cold duck duckling ecoglow heat heating huddled lamp plate runner
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. 907poultry

    4 Week Old Keet Survives Alone Outdoors For Entire Night- 30 degrees!

    I live in a warmer part of Alaska currently, it is May and the temps only drop to 30 degrees at night. I’ve read that guinefowl keets should be kept at 80 degrees at 4 weeks old, but have allowed many 3 week olds to go outdoors on hot spring days (45 degree weather), with no ill results. The...
  9. A

    cold weather

    Hey so I currently brought all my doves from California to washigton state and since there’s a huge weather difference and there about 25 doves they stay outisde but we make sure to top there cages with several layers of thick blankets. I currently checked the weather and it’s say around 4am...
  10. First Egg from Hen

    First Egg from Hen

    Found at 11:30, and was cold.
    • M Yusuf Suleman
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    • brown cold egg forenoon morning
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    • Category: Eggs
  11. veery67eggy

    lethargic and cold

    my golden polish 4 year old hen has scissor beak and has been needing "defrosting" of her feathers some nights. this morning she wasn't moving so we brought her inside. she's been wrapped i a towel for two hours. we've been giving her sugar water through a syringe and force feeding some oatmeal...
  12. TheBirdBabe

    New chicks & leaving for a trip!

    Hello everyone, Recently one of my hens hatched some chicks. She's done a stupendous job with them lately & finally got them out & about today to eat & explore! They loved it so much that after I put them in the nesting box, a few hours later.. they're back out with mama. It's a nice day for...
  13. H

    Is 3 Degrees Fahrenheit Too Cold??

    Hi all. So I live in New England and it has been bitterly cold the past couple of days. It’s been getting down to 0-10 degrees during the nights. It’s 3 degrees tonight and I have four hens. One of them is finishing up her molt and another is not very well equipped for cold weather. My coop...
  14. C

    Does my frizzle have a cold?

    I feel like something is wrong with this 4 week old bantam frizzle I just got. I know literally nothing about chickens really so I have nothing to judge it on but she seems to be breathing audibly while the others are not. She’s also doing what sounds to me like sneezing, but I couldn’t get it...
  15. Gearhead846

    How cold is too cold for my ducklings??

    Hello, I have 3 khaki cambell ducklings that are seven weeks old and fully feathered and have been outside for a couple of days even when it drops down to 25🥶 but the weather forecast for where I'm at says that there is going to be a low of 0 degrees in the next few days and I need to know how...
    • Gearhead846
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    • cold ducklings feathers weather
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. prestoconfuoco

    Cracked/bleeding bill and skin near eye -- frostbite or dry skin, or something?

    Hi everyone, I live in upstate NY (as in really upstate), so it gets very very cold here. My drakes in particular have had peeling skin on their bills for a few months, but it always looked very normal to me so I didn't worry about it very much -- just normal shedding dead skin-cells type of...
    • prestoconfuoco
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    • blood near eye blood on bill cold cracked skin dry duck bill duck eye problem peeling bill
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. H

    How cold is too cold for outdoors?

    Hello! Beginner chick owner here. I've ordered some cold-hardy laying breeds specifically so that I could have my ladies out year round once they're fully grown (Buff Orpington, Barred Plymouth Rock, and Australorp). Before I get my chicks...how cold is too cold for them to be outdoors? I have...
    • homesteadmama8
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    • advice australorp beginner brooder chicks cold cold temperatures orpington plymouth weather
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  18. Jelibaen

    Ducks in -40C, duck mum freaking out

    So its the middle of our great Canadian Winter now and its currently sitting at -38C WITHOUT the windchill. Feels like -44C. I have 8 ducks in my 8x12 coop. Lots of thick straw, heated water buckets and a little shrub cover to offer some smaller area for them but man I am freaking out. They are...
    • Jelibaen
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    • canada cold ducks winter
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. moisture

    Upcoming cold-front with chicken not used to cold, and don't have the supplies

    Wasn't sure to post this in the Emergencies area or the Flock Maintaining area, if it was wrong to post here let me know. Next week here (near Seattle) we have a cold front coming with possibly some snow. Normally I wouldn't be worried about snow, but it's the cold that comes with it this time...
  20. Joyfillednomads

    Quail hatching... is wonderful. Every loss is tough tho

    44 eggs 30 hatched (so far) 1 failure
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