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[suzMEchicks]

Hi- New to BYC. Have had my chickens since March. 2 each of RIR, Black Sexlink and leghorn. I love each one of them and have enjoyed them so much. They are all good layers too. Beautiful eggs! I'm obscessed with the cold temps.This morning temps were -1 degrees. The coop was around 15 degrees. They seemed fine . I'm anxious to figure out this site and learn a lot from all of you!

 

[Egghead_Jr]

You must be near the coast to be so warm this morning. We hit -10F and currently it's a balmy -8. The hardest part with the cold snaps is keeping the water from freezing. We've a heated water fount and It started to ice over in the hour after I put it out and plugged it in.

The big thing with winter is to keep the wind off the birds. I use a tarp to wrap the two sides of prevailing winter wind, my birds come outside every day except those few -30F mornings we'll get they stay in the coop all morning so I throw handfuls of black oil sunflower seed in with them for quick high fat energy.

 

[roostersandhens]

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello Welcome To BYC, and Happy Holidays! X2, healthy well fed chickens are pretty cold tolerant as long as they have a dry sheltered place out of the wind. Here is a long BYC thread on winterizing tips. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/822765/winter-is-coming-checklists-tips-advice-for-a-newbie

 

[theoldchick]

Howdy from SC. The rain is pouring and the temp is 38.

 

[drumstick diva]

from cold and snowy midwest

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Math]

Welcome.

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC.

 

[Shalom Farm]

Welcome to BYC!