How do you get ready for winter?

[aart]

I'm only repeating what I've heard for years

Now you can stop doing that
You too can be a myth buster!

 

[lazy gardener]

I've read everywhere that if you feed scratch or cracked corn before closing your chickens up for the night, it is difficult to digest; so it keeps their bodies warmer? I'm only repeating what I've heard for years

I've heard the same...

Now you can stop doing that

And this is how so many of the "old wive's tales" keep circulating. Some one said it so it must be so!

When evaluating the "they said" information that is accepted as fact, I first ask myself if it makes sense. Even when there is a bit of sensibility to it, I still like to research it, to find out if it's so.

 

[Star and eclipsa]

So i have a male and a female...

If they have babies im gonna be so happy!

 

[Bridger Davis]

If they have babies im gonna be so happy!

No kidding! Maybe you should invest in an incubator to up the chances!

 

[Star and eclipsa]

Incubators are super expensive, and we are barely keeping up with the bills as it is. The closest thing i have to an incubator is a heating pad that i have in a ten gallon glass tank to try and hatch some gecko eggs. Last i checked the baby geckos in the eggs seem to be growing.

 

[Star and eclipsa]

Incubators are super expensive, and we are barely keeping up with the bills as it is. The closest thing i have to an incubator is a heating pad that i have in a ten gallon glass tank to try and hatch some gecko eggs. Last i checked the baby geckos in the eggs seem to be growing.

I hope the geckos hatch! Im gonna keep them as pets or let them go outside, depending on how cold it is when they hatch. I live in florida so its hard to tell whether it will be cold or not.

 

[Bridger Davis]

Oh I see. Well I hope you have success with your geckos!!

 

[Star and eclipsa]

Oh I see. Well I hope you have success with your geckos!!

Thank you! I hope so too!

 

[Gge23]

Do not put any clothes on her, it will interfere with her ability to acclimate to the falling temperatures. When temperatures drop I will often see a few birds looking hunched up. It's normal, they are just warming themselves up. They may even shiver, which warms them up too.

In response to cooler temperatures her feathers should thicken and she will acclimate to the new normal low temperatures.

People often feel sorry and they try to provide heat to their birds. All that does is interfere with the natural process and it leaves birds dependent on extra heat, much the same as us humans get used to our warm houses. Let it be. Nature knows what it is doing.

I understand. I just didn’t want her to get too cold is all, with her possibly being a migratory duck, I would’ve thought she would fly away for the winter, but because my other ducks can’t fly, she has stayed. That’s excellent advice. Thank you for putting my mind at ease!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I understand. I just didn’t want her to get too cold is all, with her possibly being a migratory duck, I would’ve thought she would fly away for the winter, but because my other ducks can’t fly, she has stayed. That’s excellent advice. Thank you for putting my mind at ease!

I believe young ducks need to learn from their parents how and where to migrate, so it may never leave, or it may suddenly decide to one day depending on instincts and urges.