Arizona Chickens

[Coffee N Chickens]

Up to 8!!!!!! My kids are keeping me up to date!

Yay! We need pictures of the chicks!

Quick question: Ben has a big beautiful comb, and it'll be around 20 degrees tonight. Will he need vaseline on it, or will he be OK?

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

Panic time! It's going to get down to about 20 degrees tonight, and a friend said my chickens might freeze to death because the coop is not insulated. I put some wood shavings in the nest box area, but in the top part where the perches are, it's wire underneath and the shavings just fall through.

Edited to add: I just put some thick cardboard down and put wood shavings on top. There are two waterers, one on the top where they are at night and one underneath. I took the bottom one out until tomorrow so it won't freeze.

 

[Suzyqschickens]

*ALERT*. Cuteness overload coming at you!!!

 

[BlueBaby]

Panic time! It's going to get down to about 20 degrees tonight, and a friend said my chickens might freeze to death because the coop is not insulated. I put some wood shavings in the nest box area, but in the top part where the perches are, it's wire underneath and the shavings just fall through.

Edited to add: I just put some thick cardboard down and put wood shavings on top. There are two waterers, one on the top where they are at night and one underneath. I took the bottom one out until tomorrow so it won't freeze.

I'm not sure how your coop is set up.

 

[BlueBaby]

*ALERT*. Cuteness overload coming at you!!!

Great! It look's like you have some variety in coloring there.

 

[Suzyqschickens]

The cream one with the two black spots is cool looking

 

[BlueBaby]

The cream one with the two black spots is cool looking

Sometimes they don't stay like that though once they start feathering out.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

Sorry, I started a thread titled Chickens Freezing? in the Managing your Flock section. I put pictures of it there.

Cute babies!

 

[Suzyqschickens]

Sometimes they don't stay like that though once they start feathering out.

Ya I realize it but I’m still excited

 

[Suzyqschickens]

Ya I realize it but I’m still excited

So curiosity was killing so I checked the other three that haven’t hatched. I hear chirp chirp coming from them. Candled them sure enough I have two still alive and one that isn’t fully developed. So how long do you guys typically let the others be to hatch?