Anyone from North Louisiana?!

[dableaper]

Just wondering what everyone does for the winter for their chickens. My chicks are free range during the day and I have converted a horse stall into a chicken coop behind my house. They are only 6 months old so I nor they have encountered a winter yet. Their coop is surrounded by plywood up to 4 feet on three sides, then chicken wire above that for about four feet, 8 ft chicken wire for the fourth panel, then a tin roof. I'm thinking I may need to put up something on that fourth wall to protect them from the cold at night. Any suggestions?

 

[Big A Chickens]

You can hang a tarp or something that will limit the cool breeze. If possible, you can also run a heat lamp if the stall is wired for electricity.

 

[aaabirdman]

 

[Red Barn Farms]

Greetings from Kentucky!

 

[4-H chicken mom]

Hi and from Ohio . So glad to have you aboard. As long as you are able to close up any drafts, they should be fine. I use a deep shavings on the floor as well.

 

[weimarmama]

& from Alabama. Glad you joined us.

 

[jbirds2012]

 

[sumi]

Hello and welcome to BYC

Glad you joined us!

 

[GulfStar]

Hello, and welcome.

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, dableaper, and

! Happy you joined us! I agree with other posters - eliminate drafts and you should be fine, particularly in Louisiana where it doesn't get too brutally cold. Good luck to you!