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Sorry, but if your adult chickens froze to death at 20 degrees then there was something other than cold that was wrong with them. You just put 2 and 2 together and got 22. Healthy chickens should be able to handle subzero temperatures if they've been allowed to accumulate to them--20 above should be beach weather to them.
For all of you using ceramic and 250w heat bulb heaters. Been nice knowing you, I'll say goodbye now since many of you will be gone from BYC once your coop burns to the ground.
I'd have to agree there was probably something else going on if 20 degrees killed them. 20 degrees doesn't even phase mine.....not even the 8 week olds I've got out there.
Sorry, but if your adult chickens froze to death at 20 degrees then there was something other than cold that was wrong with them. You just put 2 and 2 together and got 22. Healthy chickens should be able to handle subzero temperatures if they've been allowed to accumulate to them--20 above should be beach weather to them.
For all of you using ceramic and 250w heat bulb heaters. Been nice knowing you, I'll say goodbye now since many of you will be gone from BYC once your coop burns to the ground.
I'd have to agree there was probably something else going on if 20 degrees killed them. 20 degrees doesn't even phase mine.....not even the 8 week olds I've got out there.