Hi from new member and new to owning chickens.

[Jody]

Hi.

I found your forum while searching around for information on caring for chickens. I'll be reading alot here and I have many questions too

I've been wanting to get some chickens since the beginning of summer, but have always been procrastinating on building a coop out of the old shed.. So today, a spur of the moment decision, I found some chickens locally and brought them home.

Tomorrow I shall finish the coop and build nesting boxes.

I'm not sure what kind two of them are.. I know one is barred rock, and the white I believe is leghorn from what I seen using google.. and perhaps the black may be Australorp

I hope they don't freeze tonight as I bought them unprepared til tomorrow when I can get bedding and build nesting boxes.. they're on my porch which is covered with plastic., it's semi closed.. one side is screen and I have plastic sheet stapled up. Will they freeze and die?

 

[Imp]

Congrats on getting chickens.

How cold will it get where you are? Chickens are pretty hardy if you can keep them dry and out of drafts.

Imp

 

[hen-thusiast]

from UT! Make sure the porch is predator proof! Good luck on the new additions.

 

[Jody]

I'm in New Hampshire.. think it'll be around 25 degrees tonight

 

[Imp]

25 should be OK if they are not in a breeze. Hen-thusiast is right to be wary of predators. Wouldn't want to wake up to a nasty surprise.

Imp

 

[Jody]

No breeze really as the screen has plastic sheet stapled up, but it is drafty

 

[M To The Maxx]

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You are right about the Barred Rock and Leghorn but the one that you said is an Austrolorp is actually a Black Sex Link.

 

[Catstar68]

 

[gumpsgirl]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

As far as drafts and coops go, your chickens will have a hard time making it through the winter in a drafty coop. Things will go much smoother if you can secure their living conditions a bit more.

 

[PeeperKeeper]

Your pic looks like some of my girls!