Can Chickens survive the Texas cold?

[cocoaskin]

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a hot vacation .... i need to move farther north .... i would like to have a nice cold winter for christmas

Belive it or not, it does get pretty cold in Tx. We get sleet, hail, ice, and sometimes it even gets below freezing.

 

[fordmommy]

I have family that lives in Texas. I know it can snow there. But chickens really don't mind the cold that much. That's why God gave them feathers! They really will be warm enough as long as you keep out the wind. Promise. You would probably loose a chicken to a wild creature or the heat before you loose one to the cold in Texas.

I hope that helps. Just a little teasing about the weather in Texas.

 

[Clay In Iowa]

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Don't forget we're talking about Texas here ... bigger, harder, Hotter, colder, wetter, drier, windier.... You know texas..... (yes t not T) I've known too many TexASSians

 

[HBuehler]

Think about it
Delaware's
Plymouth Rock-that's MA
NH Reds
RIR
Jersey Giants
All New England or surrounding states..I grew up there and it's much colder than TX for longer periods of time...as you said sometimes gets below freezing in TX I'm in TN and we have very similar weather to you here...may or may not have snow ice is more common though. NE and surrounding It gets cold and stays that way..if they couldn't survive that those breeds wouldn't be here today.

 

[Soccer Mom]

hey there cocoaskin! I live up in North Central TX (south of Burleson) and so I know what you mean. It gets nasty here, but for relatively brief periods. The good news is that chickens can take the twenty degree days even better than they do the 110 days. I give my birds a heat lamp at night when it dips well below freezing because I don't think they are as hardened to the temperature as birds who live in the constant cold of a Northern winter. Other than that I don't do anything special and my birds have always been fine.

 

[lavacaw]

I have had chickens here in Texas for years with no problems in the winter. They need protection from the north winds and rain/snow when it occurs but otherwise they do fine with no special provisions.

 

[ChikeeMomma]

I think you will be just fine. I live in Michigan so we have cold winters here. Seems like February is the worst with negative numbers and ice and snow storms. I did not do anything special for my chickens last year, but this year I probably will use a heat lamp over the waterer just to help me out a bit. I just made sure they had plenty of straw and I did keep a light on for added light exposure. They laid all winter long. Good luck. You will figure out what is right for you.

 

[cocoaskin]

Thanks for the support1! I'll be sure to tell my chickens!

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

I think we should start a BYC forum for house swapping. You'd know the people you swapped with would be able to take care of your birds, and I think it'd be great fun for all involved... who's with me?

 

[shaggy]

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Don't forget we're talking about Texas here ... bigger, harder, Hotter, colder, wetter, drier, windier.... You know texas..... (yes t not T) I've known too many TexASSians

prejudice much?