How cold is to cold for bantam?

[booksandcranies]

Hello! This is my first winter with chickens- and it’s been pretty mild so far. But it’s going to be getting to -1 and it’ll feel colder with wind chill. They do have a coop and a walk in run (it’s a little small but better than the premade ones I’ve seen) - I haven’t gotten a heater for them yet so should I plan on bringing them inside or will they be ok? Keep an eye?

It’s 5 bantam hens

 

[fluffycrow]

Just to clarify, do you mean -1 degrees Fahrenheit, or Celsius? If it's the latter, they should have no problems, and will not need a heater. If it is the former, I can not give any advice, as it does not get this cold here. What breed are they?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Bantams do fine in cold. My oldest bantam rooster survived the Polar Vortex, & a few Arctic Blasts. I don't use heaters.

The polar vortex the temps dipped as much as -5°F to -10°F at night. Day time temperatures never got much higher then 14°F - 23°F.

We're in for another Arctic Blast, beginning Saturday, here in Michigan.

 

[lagrange chicks]

My dad had jungle fowl (bantams) and never had heat for them and I don't remember him loosing any to cold and that was in the 70s,80s and 90s. Before the so called global warming.

 

[booksandcranies]

Just to clarify, do you mean -1 degrees Fahrenheit, or Celsius? If it's the latter, they should have no problems, and will not need a heater. If it is the former, I can not give any advice, as it does not get this cold here. What breed are they?

Oh so sorry!! Fahrenheit!

And mostly Easter eggers but I do have a Brahma, a sage gem and a silky

 

[booksandcranies]

Yeah I’m in Ohio

Bantams do fine in cold. My oldest bantam rooster survived the Polar Vortex, & a few Arctic Blasts. I don't use heaters.

The polar vortex the temps dipped as much as -5°F to -10°F at night. Day time temperatures never got much higher then 14°F - 23°F.

We're in for another Arctic Blast, beginning Saturday, here in Michigan.

I’m in Ohio, it’s mostly been rainy but it’s finally going to, supposedly, drop and temp and possibly snow

 

[MysteryChicken]

Oh so sorry!! Fahrenheit!

And mostly Easter eggers but I do have a Brahma, a sage gem and a silky

Silkies are cold hardy. Had one that chose to roost outside during the Polar Vortex, every night. He was a weirdo.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yeah I’m in Ohio

I’m in Ohio, it’s mostly been rainy but it’s finally going to, supposedly, drop and temp and possibly snow

A neighbor, from a different state. Did you guys get hit by the snowstorm yesterday?

 

[booksandcranies]

A neighbor, from a different state. Did you guys get hit by the snowstorm yesterday?

It was mostly just sleet and ALOT of rain- everyone was pretty excited for the snow and then it was just a big rainy letdown

 

[BobStuart]

I don’t know because where I live it never snows. It reaches minimum of 15C in winter! Never seen snow before.