heat problem

[Zay]

Lately my chicken have been dropping like flies from getting to cold. Is there any thing I can do to heat my coop and block the harsh wind better?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Lately my chicken have been dropping like flies from getting to cold. Is there any thing I can do to heat my coop and block the harsh wind better?

How cold are you talking about? What breeds are dying?
I think your blaming the temperature drop on chicken deaths is misguided.
Chickens don't drop dead from cold, but they will from excessive heat.
People in Alaska, all over Canada, Minnesota, Siberia and every other cold place you can imagine keep chickens and they don't drop dead from cold.

I will lay odds they are dropping dead because in trying to keep them warm, you have deprived them of adequate fresh air exchange and the oxygen they need.
I bet if you send your most recently deceased to this poultry lab you'll find the true cause of death and I'll also wager it is from one of the effects of inadequate ventilation.
New Mexico Department of Agriculture Veterinary Diagnostic Services Veterinary Diagnostic Services 1101 Camino de Salud NE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-4519 Phone: 505-383-9299

 

[Zay]

I never thought something else could be a problem... I’ll definitely look unto it. I’m not shure what all of my breeds are that are dying, I know for shure silkies.

 

[aart]

I never thought something else could be a problem

There could be a plethora of problems.
Tell us about your coop and run, with dimensions and pics.
What all and how exactly are you feeding?
How old are your birds and how long have you had them?

 

[Cazook]

how cold? chickens can handle quite low temperatures as long as they are acclimitised slowly and fully feathered. but it is important for their air inside the coop to be dry.

more info would be useful.

 

[Zay]

temperature gets down to about 10 degrees with harsh rain and snow. All of my birds are two years or younger and I’ve had all of them as chicks. I’m giving them dumar chicken feed and right now electro light water. We have a 10/20/8 sized coop, however they are free to roam wherever. I clean out their nesting boxes once every first Sunday of the month which is today. Lately we’ve had a huge mite problem, but we got some non chemical spray to get rid of them.

this was my coop last summer. (The turkey in the photo is alive.)

 

[aart]

and right now electro light water.

Make sure they also have plain water available.

Lately we’ve had a huge mite problem, but we got some non chemical spray to get rid of them.

What exactly did you use? Mites can kill a bird.

 

[Zay]

 

[imnukensc]

We have a 10/20/8 sized coop

You don't have a 10/20/8 coop. You have a 10x20x8 run. Your coops are the structures inside the run and it appears that at least one (two?) of them do not have anywhere near enough ventilation. Actually, looks like they have no ventilation.

 

[Zay]

We were planning on getting rid of all of those coops to build a better one to keep them warmer. The problem its been too cold to finish it. We still need to make windows and paint the inside.