winter

I need to know how to winterize my quail waterers and feeders...

Hey y’all. So this is my first year with ducks and I don’t know how to winterize their home. Right now I have two ducks ( Muscovy and I think Swedish) in a 54 sq ft run with a dogloo on a covered pallet and a short trough as their pool. We’re about to hit the cold season so what do y’all do to...

Please move this to the duck forum! I’m dumb and can’t figure out this website lol. My husband got orders to go to North Carolina and we’ll be leaving in the winter time. I’m currently in Illinois and the drive should be about 10 hours (we drive at night). Well have a truck with a back row of...

We have chickens, turkeys, quail and ducks. I know the chickens and turkeys will hold up fine in the winter here in Illinois. The quail are going to be housed in cages in our heated garage. I have not yet figured out what to do for the ducks over winter. We currently have 5 ducks, 4 Rouens and 1...

Hello all. I am a long-time lurker and finally decided to make an account. As the title states I live in the sub-arctic region of northern Canada (think ice road truckers). There are a few people around here that keep chickens and I've been thinking about it for years. Keeping birds over the...

New to ducks - do we need to clip the wings on our ducklings to keep them homebound? or do they just stick around through the winter because we feed them?

I made the mistake of not imprinting on my ducks when they were ducklings. What can I do to get them to trust me and not hurt themselves every time I come in the area? I want to move them into the chickens run/coop before winter but I don't want to traumatize them more. I leave the gate open on...

As winter approaches, here in Michigan, I expect free-ranging will be limited if not all together on hold. Not much to forage for in the snow with frozen tootsies! So what are my feed options for winter to increase the flock's nutrients closer to their free-range intake? Sprouting grain I...

Okay, this has been broached in another thread and as this will be my first winter as a BYCmama, let's start shooting thoughts at me please! Below is my current coop/run. The coop is secure from predators, uninsulated, and has a small access door for when the big doors get closed if I need it...

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...

Hello! I am in the process of planning a coop to build before winter gets here. I just want to make sure I do it right. For some context, the coop will be built in an old corn crib. Very secure, and aproximately 200 square feet. I currently have 19 chickens, but I'd like to future-proof the...

I am currently in the process of reading the below book on Woods Coops. http://gnipsel.com/files/chickens/mfaph.pdf I am considering having one built on my property to house a number of chickens instead of using the plastic sheds I currently have. They have very poor ventilation and I'm...

My girls haven't arrived yet, getting 3 barred rocks that are already old enough to know FOR SURE they are girls (have had really bad luck with getting roosters out of 'hens'). BUT anyway, I had some questions about keeping them warm in the winter... Heat lamps worry me, it even worried me...

This is my second winter with chickens and here in Michigan, we have been dealing with some very strange and cold weather; because of this, I have been struggling with frostbite most of this winter. I have been monitoring all of my chickens everyday to make sure everything is looking ok but...

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.

Help every morning I try to open the door to my chickens it's frozen shut but not in the way most would think. I've had to boil water to get it unstuck but then the water freezes again so I need a better solution. We have got a lot if rain and snow lately and when it melts we don't have a good...

Hi all, I live in a place where it snows a lot in winter...of course. So I was wondering if I should shovel out the chicken run if it has more then 5 inch's of snow in it. Or can they just handle it? Thanks, Cluckmecoop7 :jumpy

Hey guys so since I'm going to be getting some hatchery chicks to raise up and sell rather than keep for 1st time ever! imma post updates from post office arrival to adoption attempt under our wanna be Broody orpington to general going ons such as any flock integration, and Interaction as the...