winter

  1. ebisu

    Sunlight?

    Obviously this time of year there will be less daylight and in FL we may have more sunlight but it's less around this time regardless. My question is: What counts as sunlight for the quails? I've read on here that quails need about 14 hours of sunlight each day to keep producing eggs...
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    • coop eggs fall laying light quail run setup sunlight winter
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    • Forum: Quail
  2. R

    Pullets - Winter

    I have 6 pullets (2 Barred Rock, 2 Rhode Island’s, 1 Welsummer, 1 Americauna) that are about 4 months old. They will be 5 months in the middle of November. I’m in Northern California. Will they start laying, or do you think they won’t lay all winter and will start in the spring? When should I...
  3. M

    Winter flock care and feeding

    Hi everyone! New chicken mom here with a small flock of 6 (for now) they will be 18 weeks old next week and I am curious about a few things. 1. Winter care- we typically have harsh winters here in Montana and temps can get down to -30, I have winterized the coop (it is not drafty but there is...
  4. PileatedFarms

    Winterizing the coop for a UP winter

    Hi chicken friends! UP chickeners here. We have read up on winterizing and have seen how different the answers can be so we wanted to reach out here for help: Our coop is constructed in 4 layers: plywood on the inside, then Tyvek wrapping, then roof ice shield wrap, then ¾ wood planks for...
  5. Shadrach

    Do your hens go off their usual feed when they moult?

    For a great many chicken health topics we get our information from research done by or with the chicken egg and meat producing companies. Most of the hens I know of that go through a particularly heavy moult do so in their second year and most battery hens are killed at this age because egg...
  6. HopefulHens

    Poor roosting choice - okay for winter?

    Hi! Thanks in advance for your help and advice! my coop and run are predator proof. We have an Omlet auto door. As you can see in the pictures, the chickens roost on top of the coop on the hardware cloth instead of IN the coop. This makes cleaning harder and sometimes they lay an egg up there...
  7. DClopein

    Tips 4 This Coming Winter?!

    Hello 👋 This will be my first winter owning chickens & was wondering what you do to help your flock stay warm. Any advice helps! Thank you! 😃
  8. MaggieRose2001

    Newbie getting ready for winter - Insulating? Closing down Windows?

    Hi. This is my first time owning chickens. We built a coop this summer. Now that it is getting into the 50's here in Maine, I am starting to become concerned for winter. I know there are a lot of posts concerning this - but I was hoping to get more specific help concerning my coop. After all my...
  9. Compostflower

    Question about good winter boots for taking care of our fluff balls in the back

    Hi everyone, Intro: i live in a somewhat rural area and we have a large yard. The walk to the chicken/duck house in the winter can be very dangerous when there is alot of snow and ice on the ground. I cant salt the way there because of the danger it could pose to my mixed flock of chickens and...
  10. MaggieRose2001

    Fermented Feed in the Winter

    Hi. This will be my first winter with my chickens. I feed them a fermented whole grain chicken food and I was wondering if I could continue doing that in the winter. I live in Maine and water freezes after a couple hours. I just didn’t know if it would be wise to feed the chickens wet feed in...
  11. RosyChickens

    Winter in Portland Oregon

    I live near Portland Oregon, my ladies were hatched in February so everyone is feathered. How do I get ready for winter? What do they need different for the cold months? there are 7 girls, no roosters , in a good size coop and covered run. That free range during the day. What is everyone using...
  12. rjmyooper

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  13. filmcmahon

    Introducing chickens in winter?

    Hello everyone. We are down to our last hen unfortunately, her best mate just passed last night. They are three years old and her mate had just gone through a huge molt and the heat we have been experiencing just took her last bit of energy, she didn’t make it thru the night. Anyways, our last...
  14. Hossdog

    Winterizing Duck Housing

    Hello, With Winter coming soon, I was wondering how much I needed to insulate my ducks from the cold. I am in Ohio, and we typically get into the 20s and 10s often enough. I have 2 Pekin ducks, about 6 months old, 2 Silver Appleyard and 2 Blue Swedish about 1.5 months old. They live in a garage...
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    • duck house insulated winter
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    • Forum: Ducks
  15. SniperGoose

    Fancy pigeons in winter?

    Hi all! I'm considering adopting a pair of fancy pigeons from a rescue, and honestly I'd like to keep them outdoors in the coop year round like I do with my others. I live in central Pennsylvania and winters can vary greatly! My coop is 4'Wx8'Lx7'H. In the winters I use 6mil greenhouse film to...
  16. jkwhiteley

    Plastic/Resin coop and winter warmth

    I have been looking in the forums, and couldn’t find what I was looking for so I thought I’d just ask. Are plastic/resin garden sheds converted to a coop warm enough in the winter? I’m in central utah, and our winter temperatures average a low around 20 degrees, but there are days where it...
  17. M

    R15 insulation in Vermont?

    I have built my new coop and want to insulate with rockwool. The problem I’m finding is the only insulation available right now is R15. Is this enough for my coop? My plan is not to heat (except for extreme temperature drops) in the winter and the coop will not be drafty. Thank you for your advice.
  18. Chickensecondsins

    Hens and rooster had shrunken combs, hens keep getting better but rooster keeps getting worse.

    Back in january I posted about how 3 of our hens plus our rooster had started having combs similar to those during molting that just didn't go away and how we had thought it was just winter combs due to them acting normal. Until a fourth hen had dropped dead out of nowhere wich led us to giving...
  19. F

    Bare bums

    We have eight girls. I recently notice a bare bum on one and now that's up to six. I don't see signs of mites or lice but beyond the occasional tap I haven't see excessive pecking. They have layer feed but do get some kitchen scraps as well - but not an excessive amount. I may add some...
  20. F

    Black Spot Help!

    Hello! Attached is a photo of 1 of my 6 inherited chicken babies. We’ve had them since September, all has gone well, but this morning I noticed they all have a degree of this black spotting on their combs - some worse than others, some with hardly any. Bullying? Illness? I’ve been doing my best...
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