It's whatever they are acclimated to and, it could have something to do with owners as well.....I've noticed that people who never acclimatize themselves to the seasons and stay indoors a lot for winter months with the heat on 80* will also think their dogs will get cold when left outside to live and will bring them indoors so they won't "get cold". When they do that, they render the dogs as helpless against the cold weather as they are, so it's all self-inflicted.
I see dogs tied to a box out in -20F, no bedding in their dog boxes and they are just sitting next to the box like it's a sunny day. My dog has a very warm, deeply bedded dog house with hay bales stacked all around it and a flap that holds in his heat but he's still out there rolling in the snow in subzero weather, happy as a lark, running to and fro with his bones and deer hides and marking his territory.
I think maybe southern flock owners are more likely to heat and insulate a coop when cold weather comes instead of letting their chickens grow accustomed to the cold.
I have to laugh I was born and raised in Chicago/Milwakee area and was to used to that weather when I got in Louisiana December of 85 I put on shorts and a long sleeve T-shirt, drove people nuts, they were all like "aren't you cold" ? I was like "notherner recently transplanted,lol" But the killer factor here is the wet humid stuff called sleet! Louisianan's they brave bucket rainfalls (I do mean 10 gallon bucket) scares me how fast they will go, sleet too! But if a snow flake falls... SCHOOL"S out! The chill and the heat are very intensified here in northern La. due to the humidity. As a result mildew and mold will set up in a heart beat! The chill from the wet, the 100 + days = me hoping to get the right combination for happy chicks. That are "in the mail"
Sorry had to share my friends and family are NOT excited but I can count on Ya'll to know it's a WOOt moment for me.
found a dead bat on the patio todayYou don't even wanna know. I research and find all kinda stuff to do and use. We will sometimes burn trash/wood in our metal 55 gallon containers and the smoke will keep the skeeters away. I also fog the perimeter far away from the animals. I will order Skin So Soft from Avon and spray the area. Since people can put it on their skin, then I use it on my animals. You name it, I have done it . My poutls got bit really bad one year and got dry pox and then wet pox and I almost lost 12 babies. After that I vowed to never let that happen again. I also have zappers out there to zap the skeeters. The next thing is to get bats.I was coming from Lake Charles on Saturday and I saw someone selling bat houses but I couldn't stop because I was in a rush trying to run errands. I am actively seeking to buy bat houses and put in the chicken yard.
For skeeters how about Shade cloth or Window screening... for what its worht Mosquitos are attracted to Carbon Dioxide. Breathe out and they will come.....
I guess about this time is not to mention the last time I had a mosquito bite was about ten years ago...um
deb
That would explain it! Sometimes I think we get that a day here.
