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mowin said:
You can't be the only person in North Central WA to have chickens. Lol. I'd look through CL for chickens for sale in your area and contact them for some advice.
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However I AM the only one in this location! There are only a very few residences in this area and I have seen chickens at exactly ZERO of them. (Not only that but everyone knows everyone here. There are only 500 people in the "town" and that covers a LOT of miles in all directions.) The rest of the general area is either on the other side of a 30 mile long lake and also at several hunderd feet lower elevation (and therefor they don't get the fog and it is warmer.) OR they have long existing "homesteads" with a lot of outbuildings and trees. I have none of that. (I have looked on CL and I have NEVER seen any that are closer than 30 miles away where they are much lower in elevation and don't get the fog.
 
Pencilled Palm said:
However I AM the only one in this location! There are only a very few residences in this area and I have seen chickens at exactly ZERO of them. (Not only that but everyone knows everyone here. There are only 500 people in the "town" and that covers a LOT of miles in all directions.) The rest of the general area is either on the other side of a 30 mile long lake and also at several hunderd feet lower elevation (and therefor they don't get the fog and it is warmer.) OR they have long existing "homesteads" with a lot of outbuildings and trees. I have none of that. (I have looked on CL and I have NEVER seen any that are closer than 30 miles away where they are much lower in elevation and don't get the fog.
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I see. Sounds like a place I would love to live in, but in warmer climate like Tennessee, lol.
I think your best bet is to have lots of ventilation. With no drafts. Chickens produce a ton of heat on there own. Its very possible the freezing fog might not bother them as there body temp should keep them ok. Assuming this freezing fog happens at or just below freezing and not below that?
 
mowin said:
I see. Sounds like a place I would love to live in, but in warmer climate like Tennessee, lol.
I think your best bet is to have lots of ventilation. With no drafts. Chickens produce a ton of heat on there own. Its very possible the freezing fog might not bother them as there body temp should keep them ok. Assuming this freezing fog happens at or just below freezing and not below that?
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It can be a fair amont below freezing (24/7) for several days at a time. (Horses and cattle get covering in frost. But they are dry and warm.) Chicken feathers might too. But I don't know how they "work". Since feathers aren't "fur". I don't know if a chicken would end up "soaking wet" on the days we get the super wet fog. (It is SO wet you have to drive with your wipers on But it is NOT raining!) The turkeys do fine, but again, they aren't chickens. (And they roost in a stall that is only totally enclosed on 3 sides.) Everyone makes it out like chickens are so wimpy compared to about all other animals when it comes to cold AND wet. I am looking at breeds with tiny combs that are supposed to be very cold hardy. But I naturally tend to over think everything! (Thanks for letting me ramble. LOL)
 
Pencilled Palm said:
It can be a fair amont below freezing (24/7) for several days at a time. (Horses and cattle get covering in frost. But they are dry and warm.) Chicken feathers might too. But I don't know how they "work". Since feathers aren't "fur". I don't know if a chicken would end up "soaking wet" on the days we get the super wet fog. (It is SO wet you have to drive with your wipers on But it is NOT raining!) The turkeys do fine, but again, they aren't chickens. (And they roost in a stall that is only totally enclosed on 3 sides.) Everyone makes it out like chickens are so wimpy compared to about all other animals when it comes to cold AND wet. I am looking at breeds with tiny combs that are supposed to be very cold hardy. But I naturally tend to over think everything! (Thanks for letting me ramble. LOL)
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I applaud you for doing your homework before jumping in feet first.
Turkeys are a fowl, so I'm inclined to think if they do well, a hearty chicken would also.
 
Pencilled Palm said:
Since feathers aren't "fur". I don't know if a chicken would end up "soaking wet" on the days we get the super wet fog.
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They'd get wet/frosty outer feathers, but if you stick your hand underneath they'll be dry and warm next to the skin.....combs might be at risk tho.
 
aart said:
They'd get wet/frosty outer feathers, but if you stick your hand underneath they'll be dry and warm next to the skin.....combs might be at risk tho.
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Thank you. I thought that would be the case. I mean the eagles, hawks, owls, sparrows etc are just fine. (That is why I am only looking at breeds with tiny combs. To try and help reduce that risk.)
 

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