How many chickens you have? Thankfully we don't have the extreme cold like you up North, the few chilly mornings we have had ours move around much slower until it warms up later in the day.My chickens are outside. It's 16 degrees. First time they've all been out since the big chill last week. Maybe they're not wusses after all!
Out of curiosity, when you cull from your young flock of future breeders are they big enough to eat at the time?
That's mostly how it goes. Usually the first real molt (not the ones where they lose their baby feathers) isn't until the winter after they're a year old. But my 9 month old pullets did a partial molt in November-December, losing feathers around their head and neck, and the "flag" part of their tail.
Oh sorry, for some reason I don't think I got an alert for this! My birds do the same thing, they eat away at the snow@truchickendiva Here is a few pics from their first experience with the white stuff. There really wasn't that much of it and it was real heavy and wet and was melting away quite quickly for them. They didn't seem to really mind it and just nibbled away at the stuff. I think 10"-12" of the white stuff and much colder weather will be a real game changer for them. LOL
No worries, it's my understanding that they have been making a few changes to the Forum to correct issues while it is making new ones! LOLOh sorry, for some reason I don't think I got an alert for this! My birds do the same thing, they eat away at the snow
They should all like that!
I have been starting to see more smaller feathers from our ducks more so then our chickens at this time and the ducks have been laying less each day but hasn't stopped completely.
