EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[BantyChooks]

Kristin.... How cold hardy are NN?

I was wondering if mebbe I could get some someday, but then thought they'd probably freeze their necks off in winter....

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Kristin.... How cold hardy are NN?

I was wondering if mebbe I could get some someday, but then thought they'd probably freeze their necks off in winter....

They reportedly do just fine in cold weather - quite a few folks over on the Naked Neck thread raise them in cold climates. Right now mine are insisting on roosting in the open part of the run, and refuse to sleep int eh sheltered part of the coop - near freezing temps be darned...

Naked Necks are AWESOME!!!

- Ant Farm

 

[BantyChooks]

They reportedly do just fine in cold weather - quite a few folks over on the Naked Neck thread raise them in cold climates. Right now mine are insisting on roosting in the open part of the run, and refuse to sleep int eh sheltered part of the coop - near freezing temps be darned...

Naked Necks are AWESOME!!!

- Ant Farm 

Thanks!!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

You should try some essential oils. The most effective IMO is Eucalyptus oil.
Read this
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3609378/#!po=34.2105

x2, I love eucalyptus oil! We always keep it around. It's great for colds and wonderful in a mist to spray in the coop to deter bugs

 

[Pensmaster]

בוקר טוב
It's December it suppose to rain!
I wish we had some of your rain. ...

Hello Benny if your still there. Yes it's December and it's supposed to rain but it hasn't here in the last 5 years. At least not measurable rain. This years rain has been nice for a change. I hope you get rain too.

 

[runt325]

Hey yall

 

[ocap]

Opinions anyone - is this frostbite on Monkey's comb? Housed in a well ventilated tractor coop, got down to 34F for a couple hours this am, saw this this afternoon... (His comb is SOOOOOO big! All my boys have huge combs because of the summer heat...)



- Ant Farm

that is the way my Australorp looked after a night of -10F

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote:
And did he lose the points?

I just went out with the red headlamp to double check how they sit on the roosts and the ventilation. Ventilation is as expected, very good, BUT - their tractor coop is one of the first I built before modification to add the roosts, and the roof is set a little lower than the other tractor coops, so less headroom. And indeed I found Monkey on one end of the roost - comb not touching the HW cloth when I looked, but easy to see how it might when he raised his head. I think this is what may have happened, comb touching very cold metal of HW cloth overhead. I think I may lower their roosts a couple inches.

Meanwhile, wondering how the comb will look tomorrow. It would be great if I got a "heads up" in this before any major stuff. (I don't care about appearance, but I'd rather him not be in pain or injured if avoidable.)

- Ant Farm

 

[runt325]

that is the way my Australorp looked after a night of -10F

mine to

 

[Akrnaf2]

בוקר טוב
It's December it suppose to rain!
I wish we had some of your rain. ...

Hello Benny if your still there. Yes it's December and it's supposed to rain but it hasn't here in the last 5 years. At least not measurable rain. This years rain has been nice for a change. I hope you get rain too.

Shalom pen.
We are both victim's of the green house effect. .......
We surly need it and you certainly too, I am praying for good and wet winter!