How was your winter?

[TheEggCollecter]

Winter's end is long overdue and i think i can speak for everybody and say Spring can't come fast enough!

Up in New England it was a long, cold, slow, and snowy winter and I am praying for warmer weather.

It was
tough on my flock

and their egg production too. I want to hear how winter went for everybody on BYC! North, South, East, West!

Anything you want to share I would love to hear it!

Stories, questions, etc.

Whatever you want!

 

[Chicken Girl1]

We didn't have a "real" snow until the middle of February and our last one was 2 weeks ago. The didn't lay much sadly but they did lay

! I agree we need Spring NOW. The only sad thing that happened in the winter is we lost 2 hens to predators

. Other then that it wasn't to bad.

 

[TheEggCollecter]

We didn't have a "real" snow until the middle of February and our last one was 2 weeks ago. The didn't lay much sadly but they did lay

! I agree we need Spring NOW. The only sad thing that happened in the winter is we lost 2 hens to predators

. Other then that it wasn't to bad.

Yes my egg production went down too and i also lost a few hens

Hopefully the weather turns soon!

 

[Curlyginger]

This was my first year with chickens. It was a tough one. The only hen who didn't lay like a champ was my EE. She took the winter off, but has recently started laying again. But - we've got a recemt feather picking problem that we are, hopefully, starting to get under control. We've got 5 hens in a 4x4 coop, which I know is tight. They gave 15 sq feet EACH in the run, which is where they spend all their waking hours. We've had some frostbite issues, too (as you know, it has been COLD this year). Between those issues and the snow and the cold, I am just ready to be done. I want summer. I want to be so hot that all I can is sit around and complain about how hot I am!

 

[TheEggCollecter]

This was my first year with chickens. It was a tough one. The only hen who didn't lay like a champ was my EE. She took the winter off, but has recently started laying again. But - we've got a recemt feather picking problem that we are, hopefully, starting to get under control. We've got 5 hens in a 4x4 coop, which I know is tight. They gave 15 sq feet EACH in the run, which is where they spend all their waking hours. We've had some frostbite issues, too (as you know, it has been COLD this year). Between those issues and the snow and the cold, I am just ready to be done. I want summer. I want to be so hot that all I can is sit around and complain about how hot I am!

Hahaha me too! I would take the heat over the cold any day! I had a few hens get minor frostbite too but nothing too bad. Thank god!

 

[rougerage16]

Over in California we don't have snow, we had two bad rain storms that flooded the ground, but that's it. Our summers are more of an issue because the girls get so dang overheated.

 

[Americano Blue]

We had almost no snow this winter...which it OK but I do love snow... The chickens were grateful for it.

 

[TheEggCollecter]

Over in California we don't have snow, we had two bad rain storms that flooded the ground, but that's it. Our summers are more of an issue because the girls get so dang overheated.

I wish that was me! Over three feet of snow but I could never leave New England.

 

[TheEggCollecter]

We had almost no snow this winter...which it OK but I do love snow... The chickens were grateful for it.

Wow. I love snow too but I'm getting sick of it

 

[Americano Blue]

Wow. I love snow too but I'm getting sick of it

I don't think I could ever get sick of snow XD