Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

No she used to being held, and I have never felt her shivering before. She is a big suck and more so right now as I think she is starting to get ready to lay. That small egg I found in the alleyway yesterday I wonder if it were her that dropped it.

When I felt her shivering at first I thought maybe she had injury! I checked her feet etc but she was fine, no injuries.

I was just checking out those Sweeter heaters, might get one - just need to talk myself into the cost of it $269!

I don't know what a sweeter heater is. Can you share a link.?

 

[Marie2020]

Spray it with Blu-Kote or something similar so the other hens don't peck at it and that may stop her as well.

https://www.petsuppliesdelivered.co...hQZbu3jw8Jhjg8Gah5MQ47CCHkB1dXywaAkXOEALw_wcB

Looky at what I found

https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2013/10/diy-anti-pick-antibacterial-blu-kote.html?m=1

 

[Ponypoor]

I don't know what a sweeter heater is. Can you share a link.?

This is the one I am looking at:

https://www.amazon.ca/SWEETER-HEATE...d-897dfd08aa8a&ref_=pd_gwm_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m

Pricey but seems to be very safe.

 

[BY Bob]

Looky at what I found

https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2013/10/diy-anti-pick-antibacterial-blu-kote.html?m=1

Interesting. Are you going to try it?

 

[BY Bob]

This is the one I am looking at:

https://www.amazon.ca/SWEETER-HEATE...d-897dfd08aa8a&ref_=pd_gwm_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m

Pricey but seems to be very safe.

It looks like a giant brooder plate. That may work really well. Please keep us posted it you decide to use it. I am bookmarking it as I could install it in the ceiling of the cluckle hut and provide better heating if necessary.

 

[RoyalChick]

It sure is nippy here it's -26c (-15F), inside the barn it is around -15c (20F). I was holding my 15 week old pullet Dorothy and noted she was just shivering all the chicks have completed their first adolescent molt and their feathers are pretty much all in.

I am worried that it's too cold for these kiddos, anyone have any suggestions to help them warm up? I am thinking of getting an infrared heater at the hardware store, I hate using heating equipment in the barn but worry about cold stress with the gang.

My two broody silkies are in their nest box and I put my cozy hen heater panel in front of the nest box for them, so I am thinking they are ok.

Any thoughts?

Honestly I can't even imagine that cold!
All the wisdom on BYC says they will be fine as long as they are dry and out of the wind. But shivering isn't a great sign that they are doing OK. Is it just Dorothy? Maybe you bring her and a friend into a garage? Or if it is more I think I would give them some heat just for the worst of it.
Sorry, I am really just thinking aloud for my own situation with Dotty with no feathers and I have put an oil filled radiator into the Chicken Palace for tonight when we go down to about 4F (which I realize must sound balmy to you!).

 

[RoyalChick]

Thats a blue ribbon award winning comb there. Voted "best comb" in a BYC contest.

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And never any frostbite despite temperatures as low as -10°F in her lifetime.

Spectacular!

 

[RoyalChick]

No she used to being held, and I have never felt her shivering before. She is a big suck and more so right now as I think she is starting to get ready to lay. That small egg I found in the alleyway yesterday I wonder if it were her that dropped it.

When I felt her shivering at first I thought maybe she had injury! I checked her feet etc but she was fine, no injuries.

I was just checking out those Sweeter heaters, might get one - just need to talk myself into the cost of it $269!

This is what I got yesterday which is under $100.
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000TGDGLU?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details

I think it is pretty safe but I have it positioned so they can't get on top of it in case they burn themselves or topple it over but they can hang out in front of it and I have it near where the Roadrunners roosted last night so would definitely give them some heat.

 

[RoyalChick]

I don't know what a sweeter heater is. Can you share a link.?

It is like what you have.

Edited: Oh no, I am wrong. It is Infrared. I was thinking of something different.

 

[Lexicon]

Honestly I can't even imagine that cold!
All the wisdom on BYC says they will be fine as long as they are dry and out of the wind. But shivering isn't a great sign that they are doing OK. Is it just Dorothy? Maybe you bring her and a friend into a garage? Or if it is more I think I would give them some heat just for the worst of it.
Sorry, I am really just thinking aloud for my own situation with Dotty with no feathers and I have put an oil filled radiator into the Chicken Palace for tonight when we go down to about 4F (which I realize must sound balmy to you!).

This is what I do. I have an oil filled radiator that is on the storage side of the coop to keep it away from the bedding.
Early on in my chicken keeping journey, I read a Canadian standard of care that suggested that the coop be kept between 0C to -10C, so that's what I aim for and it has worked well.