asking for reassurance from the deep freeze

[chickengeorgeto]

As long as they (livestock or chickens) can be out of the wind, the windchill factor isn't really an issue...

In fact if there is no wind there is no wind chill factor.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Granny hatchet and everyone enduring the article vortex, I feel for you! We're hunkered down in SW WI mad it is nasty. As of 11 p.m. Last nite, we had no casualties and animals were handling things as well as we can hope for. I'll finish my coffee and start gearing up for the a.m. Check soon. In addition to the physical traits of a solid coop for this sort of wether, I think it is worth considering the likelihood that power can be maintained if established... My ladies have a lovely coop and probably would've been fine but it is quite a hike from the house and I was worried the cold would knock out their heated watered and it would be too dangerous for a human to walk so far in these temps to check.

i am drinking my coffee and getting my nerve up !! a lot to do out there. water the babies, feed the others if their still able,start the cars. im gonna have to do this in shifts . its -50 with the wind chill and your right, no sane person my age should be out there in this. of course i never claimed to be !

its will be better tomorrow.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

i have lost my beautiful white polish roo.

even the babies in the barn with the heat lamps have a bit of frost bite. batteries on both cars are dead. people dont forget to start your cars and let them run for a bit.

 

[annagarret]

I am so sorry for your loss

that is so sad.....warm thoughts sent your way.....

 

[Granny Hatchet]

thank you. it was in my opinion one of the prettiest i had . and young too, just starting to get his spurs. he was more of an ivory color and the only one i have seen like him. an old breeder gave him to me about 6 months ago. at least he lived for a bit out of the cages they used and was able to live like chickens should.

 

[Apples]

i have lost my beautiful white polish roo.

even the babies in the barn with the heat lamps have a bit of frost bite. batteries on both cars are dead. people dont forget to start your cars and let them run for a bit.

I am so sorry!!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

thank you. i have heard polish cant take the cold as well as some others. now we know

 

[TeamChaos]

I am so sorry for your losses! So far we haven't lost any one but the goats are tired of being penned up and the roosters are starting to fight. Just hot a weather alert that we will have minus thirty temps again tonite. Booooo!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

thank you. i was looking around to see if anyone else has this chicken and i didnt find any. wish i had a pic. to post of him. he was beautiful. it seems we are in the last of the bitter cold. it is to raise this night all the way to 8. i will take it as they are saying nothing about a wind chill.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

every single rooster in the heated coop have frost bite. i do think the heated coop fared worse. i lost one rooster and any chicken with a comb is now black. in the unheated coop i cant tell you for sure because i have 2 rir hens that both have it, 2 polish that dont , hen and roo and the rest are guineas that i dont know what to look for.