calling for -40 tomorrow

[teach1rusl]

floyds knob, is that KY.? i dont get out much. lol

LOL...no, it's Indiana, kind of in-between Georgetown and New Albany. I'm not a native, so only know a few places in IN, so Madison caught my eye...have bought hay from around those parts.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

oh yes, i have gone todrs. in new albany. thats where targets, meijers all the good shopping is. lol there is a large outdoor flea market up there somewhere i have been wanting to hit up !!

 

[Indianajeff]

Well, so far so good. They are doing ok. I am contemplating removing the cardboard from the window, at least the top half to allow some light and maybe some warmth in.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

sounds like a good idea, i havent gotten the nerve up yet to go outside.lol

 

[Cknldy]

I have 4 coops outside and a recently finished small scale coop inside my feed shed. Some non-chicken folks may laugh like crazy if they were to see my "winterized" coops! Let's just say I love to reuse feed sacks for wind breaks along the runs and over any cracks in the sides of the houses I used zip ties in one coop to enclose part of the run with a wall of feed sacks so the chickens in that one would have a better chance of surviving. They are 11 week old Mottled Houdans, Buff Laced Polish and Crevecoeurs- some breeds notoriously not cold hardy. They have done well out in the coop since feathering out at 4 weeks old but our temps are running about like yalls for the next few days. Today -8 with windchill, tomorrow -25 with wind chill. I don't worry about all of the other breeds I have but remind myself that all of my chickens have houses etc so they aren't actually in those temps. Hunker down and stay warm everyone!

Also- waterers weren't frozen solid in these lower temps this morning yet in the teens and 20's some of them froze solid! Go figure;-)

 

[Granny Hatchet]

well i think thats a great way to repurpose our feed bags !

 

[pixiechix]

We're also in Northern IN (on the state line) and worried sick, but all the girls made it. There is over a foot of snow on the roof and I think that might have helped overnight as well. We did keep a heat lamp on all night and will do so until Wednesday. We too were surprised that their water wasn't frozen. All that extra straw really did help.

 

[teach1rusl]

Well, so far so good. They are doing ok. I am contemplating removing the cardboard from the window, at least the top half to allow some light and maybe some warmth in.

For future reference, screw a piece of plexiglass over windows that don't shut in winter time...lets light and sunshine in, but not the cold...

 

[Indianajeff]

Well, they all made it with no problem. Let them out alittle today, it's a balmy 9 degrees. I think this summer I will do some remodeling in the coop. Gonna use r19 in the walls and cover it with fitted plywood. Also going to put a double paned window in with screen to replace the old window....maybe mock up a frame to put over the run to give it kind of a greenhouse look. Just glad the extreme cold is over.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

i lost my ivory polish roo and even my babies have some frost.