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  1. Madimhunter

    Snowing - urgent calls?

    Hello! I am a total newbie at raising chickens! We recently let our hens into their run from the coop. I live in the Midwest and weather is literally bipolar. Yesterday was 75 degrees and today it’s snowing heavily and a cool 34 degrees. Anyways, the leader of the flock is sitting on top of the...
  2. J

    When to move chicks to coop outside

    Hi all, I am wondering what age we can move our chicks to the coop. I have seen so many different articles on when to actually let them in the coop outside. We have 14 Easter Egger Hens and they are currently 2 weeks and 2 days. We are starting to build the coop, now that we finally have nice...
    • Jbugner23
    • Thread
    • 2 week chicks 4 week old chicks climate cold coop easter egger temperature wyandottes
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  3. A

    duck eggs left unattended in snow

    let me start this off by saying this- i’m a reptile guy, i don’t know anything about birds. i live in the chicago area. a duck just laid 8 eggs in a nest right in my backyard. the weather has been really nice lately. but a couple days ago, it snowed. it is currently 42° F outside, but yesterday...
  4. CityslickerHomestead

    Proper Coop Ventilation for Montana

    I’m a first-time chicken owner and am in the process of building a coop. I’m hoping someone has been in a similar situation and can help. My question is, what, where, how much, and how do I adapt my coop ventilation for my 4’x8’ coop in a state that has wildly varying weather? Summers in...
  5. CPT

    Moving baby chicks into the garage....

    Hello! My chicks are 3 weeks old today and looks like we'll have to move them into the garage! We've had them in the mud / laundry room, but the smelliness and dander is really starting to flow throughout the house, yikes! :barnie I'm doing the move today. I don't have a wood brooder, but I...
  6. LizzzyJo

    Updated Question on Chick Temps

    Hi All, I have already talked about this before and I have updated info. My baby chicks will be 6 weeks old and fully feathered this week. When they are 7.5 weeks old I would like to put them outside (temps high 45, low 25). Is a temp of 45/25 too cold for chicks at 7 weeks old? I am going out...
  7. ReseisCL16

    Help! Cold Newly-Hatched Pigeons!

    It's -8 degrees outside right now (coldest night of the entire year so far) and my grizzle pigeon just hatched an egg! I think it was almost two days late, but it hatched. I was pretty worried about the cold, so I have two heat lamps in their loft right now, one a 150 watt and the other a 90...
  8. spiritpots

    Change in chicken's behavior due to cold weather?

    This is my first winter with chickens and things have been going well despite the extreme cold we've had here in Minnesota. I have four chickens but one, Sophia, has been much less active than usual the past 2-3 weeks and her comb has become pale. I have also noticed that she does not seem eager...
  9. 3bird

    Acclimating an Adult Duck back to Winter Temps - Advice Please

    Angus is an almost two-year old silver Appleyard Drake who has been living inside for a couple days after a prolapsed penis incident, which you can read about here. After consulting again with the vet today, she said we could try moving him back with the flock since everything has remained...
    • 3bird
    • Thread
    • acclimation cold duck
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. Muscovy-palooza

    How do you train Muscovy to go into house for the night?

    We have 10 free range Muscovy that just do not seem to have any natural instinct to get out of the pond/cold!! I will find them standing in the stream water, that feeds into our pond, shivering! We have barns with bales of hay, large, dense boxwood bushes, decks, etc. Plenty of places for them...
  11. Kale Chips

    No Ventilation...Help!

    Hello everyone! As you can see in my profile, I am in central Wisconsin and the weather is pretty nuts! We got a bunch of snow, and today pretty much everything is closed or cancelled due to the cold. At this very moment it is -27*F but with the windchill it is around -48*F. The thermometer in...
  12. C

    Freaking out about Chicago record breaking cold

    My 3 yr old chickens are in a coop. It’s -25 actual temperature outside now and I have a heat lamp in the coop for my 4 chickens (Barnivelder,Orpington, and Cocomorans). The coop is decent plywood construction and dry. With the heat lamp it is holding at just 3 degrees inside. They have heated...
  13. B

    Bitter cold coming-leave chickens in coop or open pop door and let them choose?

    Central Indiana- Tonight through Thursday we are supposed to have bitter cold. The temp with wind chill is supposed to be -30 to -40 F!! I am worried about my chickens in the cold. First off- do you think they will be alright without heat and on their roost(2 x 4's)? During the day Wednesday...
  14. Soleil_A

    Coconut Oil??

    Hello! It’s winter and michigan, and if you don’t know what that means, it’s COLD!!! It’s been getting down In the negatives at night And I’ve been bringing the chickens into the garage. But during the day when it’s sunny and in the teens I take them back to the coop so they can get some sun...
  15. 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...
  16. Thechickentrainer1999

    Will my chickens be ok?

    Tonight's low is 15 F with like 20 mph wind. My coop has no insulation and it has pretty good size air ways to ventilate. I can feel just a little wind getting inside. Will my chickens be okay? It's suppossed to be 15 F for the next 2 nights. Here are some pictures of the air ways. And coop...
  17. rb1017

    rattling in chest

    I hear heavy rattling in my hen's lungs. She sounds like she has a bad cold and breathes through her mouth. The vet prescribed trimethoprim, an antibiotic that is used to treat Pneumocystis Pneumonia, among other things. She's been on it for a week with NO improvement. I know I'M SUPPOSED TO...
  18. LizzzyJo

    What is too cold for Orpingtons ?

    The weather says it may be -6 degrees tomorrow night. My coop is not heated and not wired for heat. When do I need to bring my lavender and blue Orpingtons into the house? I’ve heard -20 and -10 defrees. Is that wind chill or real temp? Thoughts?
  19. brksmith

    venting a coop using a pipe and keeping the coop warm

    In the 1907 book "Poultry Architecture - A Practical Guide for Construction of Poultry Houses, Coops and Yards", George B Fiske states a couple of things that seem to be contradictory to a couple of mainstream current ideas that I'm finding both in current books and on this site and others. I'm...
  20. Chippychick123

    Cold factor in coop?

    So recently we built a pretty a medium sized coop for our chickens enough room to walk around etc. and we have two doors on each side for roaming. But we did not add in a window because we thought that since it’s the winter we wouldn’t want any drafts. This weekend it’s suppose to be well below...
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