getting ready for winter

[kyrose]

i have alot of small breed birds,d'uccles,bantam polish,silkies,bantam cochins.how hardy are they?
thanks

 

[Pathfinders]

Winters here in KY can be hard on birds, especially bantams like Silkies. You will want to make sure they have pens/coops/tractors that remain dry and free of drafts, and will keep them safe from the predators that the cold weather will send out seeking food.

Where are you keeping your birds now?

 

[LynneP]

Be sure to check in the Coop section, too, where there are several threads discussing winter...

 

[Pathfinders]

Hey Lynne, my husband is a Haligonian! Born and raised in NS, but living in KY now. <waves to the far northeast>

 

[kyrose]

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they are in a chicken coop.there are plenty of birds with them to keep them warm and i think we have covered all the drafty holes and we have 2 ventillation windows across from eachother at the top of the coop.i am getting d e this weekend to help keep it dry.anything else i need to do.oh yeah they are only 2 months old so when the nights get real chilly i have a heat lamp in with them.

 

[Wildsky]

I have a few little bantams and they do just fine, in face one of my bantam hens likes to sleep alone on a shelf in the coop without cuddling up to all the rest of the chickens, she made it through last winter without any added heating.

My roo is a bantam as well, and a big CHICKEN when its cold

He cuddles up next to the standard girls and puts his head under THEIR wings!