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[The Farmers' Daughter]

Hi
New to the site, started with my chickens last October. Just loving it, its really addicting lol. What about you?

I got my first chickens last August, so I'm pretty new too. I started out with ex battery leghorns. I then added 3 buckeye hens. I ended up rehoming the leghorns, as they were terrible bullies (all 3 of the buckeyes had no feathers on their backs thanks to them), and they were getting horrible frostbite. Then I added another buckeye hen and a roo. A couple of months ago I added some bantams to act as broodies (so far no luck). A couple of weeks ago I picked up 2 chantecler hens and a rooster. Setting an incubator up in the next few days to try my 1st ever hatch. Can you tell I'm addicted?

 

[Tami Lyons]

I'm in Chase, BC Who else is in Canada?

I just joined I am in Ontario, near Niagara Falls

 

[Tami Lyons]

Hi everyone I am in Newfoundland Canada, I have a flock of 18 chickens and 1 rooster
Ray

Hello Ray, My daughter is in Halifax, I have just joined and I have 6 different chickens.

 

[Tami Lyons]

Hi I just joined I'm in Ontario 2 hrs north of Toronto

I just joined and I am in Niagara.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

I just joined and I am in Niagara.

Hi @Tami Lyons

This is a great group of people, a lot with extensive experience and knowledge. Any questions you may have, somebody will have an answer for you.

 

[wendylj]

Hi everyone. My name is Wendy and I had a small hobby farm about 30 years ago and have adopted 5 laying hens from my daughter. I live with my significant other of 21 years. We might get married sometime. I have 2 grown daughters and 2 beautiful grandchildren. I live on an acre of land with wild blueberries and raspberries in my backyard. I love to garden, and do crafts. I collect roosters (the inanimate kind) and am now getting hens as well. I've filled the kitchen and am now encroaching on hubbies Coca Cola collection. Over the winter, when it got to be -48, my chickens got frostbite on their combs. I've since learned on the US site that they may return to their bright red color and got some great advice on frostbite. 30 years ago I lived an hour north of Toronto and never had a problem with frostbite. I think my old coop was probably better insulated than this one. I built it myself. My daughter built this one, with love, but.....it needed a lot of TLC on my part before I would put the girls in it. I will be renovating our old travel trailer in the spring ( I hope that's soon), and it will be a palace compared to the coop they are in. I'd like to free range my girls, as I did down south, but we have a lot of hawks, owls, ferrets, bears and fox around. We also have a lot of unfenced bush. I will build them a large run and make it so I can move it around with the trailer to fresh grassy areas over the summer. I didn't realize how much I missed farming until I got my girls. Maybe a pig and cow next. Who knows!!

 

[wendylj]

I just joined I am in Ontario, near Niagara Falls

I'm from Northern Ontario. A little place called Lavigne. It's in between Sudbury & North Bay.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Hiya @wendylj !

How exciting to be back in the world of chickens!
From what I understand, frostbite occurs with some breeds more than others. A bird with a large comb, like a leghorn, has a much greater chance of getting frostbite than a chantecler (the birds in my avatar). Their comb is so small (cushion) that there is a far less risk of frostbite. I had leghorns, and they got frostbite as soon as it dipped down to -5. My buckeyes and chanteclers have had no problems in -49 temps, all in the same coop. Ventilation does play a part however. The more moisture in the air, the more chances of frostbite occurring. So, I'm thinking this past winter's frostbite that you encountered could be because they're a different breed, or that the coop you have the new girls in doesn't have as much ventilation as the one you used to have.

This is just me rambling... I hope you don't mind.

Welcome to BYC!

 

[wendylj]

I got my first chickens last August, so I'm pretty new too. I started out with ex battery leghorns. I then added 3 buckeye hens. I ended up rehoming the leghorns, as they were terrible bullies (all 3 of the buckeyes had no feathers on their backs thanks to them), and they were getting horrible frostbite. Then I added another buckeye hen and a roo. A couple of months ago I added some bantams to act as broodies (so far no luck). A couple of weeks ago I picked up 2 chantecler hens and a rooster. Setting an incubator up in the next few days to try my 1st ever hatch. Can you tell I'm addicted?

Hiya @wendylj !

How exciting to be back in the world of chickens!
From what I understand, frostbite occurs with some breeds more than others. A bird with a large comb, like a leghorn, has a much greater chance of getting frostbite than a chantecler (the birds in my avatar). Their comb is so small (cushion) that there is a far less risk of frostbite. I had leghorns, and they got frostbite as soon as it dipped down to -5. My buckeyes and chanteclers have had no problems in -49 temps, all in the same coop. Ventilation does play a part however. The more moisture in the air, the more chances of frostbite occurring. So, I'm thinking this past winter's frostbite that you encountered could be because they're a different breed, or that the coop you have the new girls in doesn't have as much ventilation as the one you used to have.

This is just me rambling... I hope you don't mind.

Welcome to BYC!

Thanks Michelle. I have good ventilation in the coop. I think it was just so extremely cold and I didn't have a light to produce any heat at the time. I appreciate the info. It's all good. Nice to meet you. I've lived in Banff and Leduc, AB. I lived in Leduc, in my off time, when I was working in Norman Wells, NWT. Love the west. I've travelled it extensively.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Thanks Michelle. I have good ventilation in the coop. I think it was just so extremely cold and I didn't have a light to produce any heat at the time. I appreciate the info. It's all good. Nice to meet you. I've lived in Banff and Leduc, AB. I lived in Leduc, in my off time, when I was working in Norman Wells, NWT. Love the west. I've travelled it extensively.

Leduc is about an hour and a half southeast of me. I love Alberta. I don't think you could pay me enough to move back to Ontario. The humidity is reason enough alone. How did you like NWT?