ITS GOING TO BE -52!! AHH PLEASE HELP ME!!

[CochinBrahmaLover]

oh.. dang

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

we've gotten mid negative 40's here a few times already since a week before xmas and my chickens fared just fine, but they were locked up tight and fed extra food with cayenne pepper for the night time deep freeze.

last year we got -50's C something for a few days and they did quite well too. I was so worried about them, I was surprised to find them all in great spirits the next day scratching around and waiting for some hot oatmeal, lol....

I hope you find a solution to your problem, if you had an oil filled radiator that would help but it would need to be put up off the bedding and of course wrapped up in wire so the chickens wouldn't get near it, we have one for this but I have several cynder blocks to put it on top off and hubby built a wire box to go over top of it, however we have not needed it, I figure if it reaches -60 round here I might have no choice, lol. but I rather not heat at all for fear of a fire. however the new chicken barn being built this summer will have a spot for a wood stove on the farther side away from the chickens with heat activated eco fans to circulate heat when the temps drop below -25C, so the radiator will remain in storage.

best bet if you are really worried, find a place you can bring them in to, heated garage or basement, block them in, grab some tarp and lay it down add some bedding their feed and water and then when they go back, vaccuum, vaccuum, and clean, clean, clean...good luck and let us know how things turned out and what you decided to do.

Ema

i mean -50 f

 

[Mahonri]

In July, think of me when its 115 here.

It's good I have an AC unit in my main coop.

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

its easier to keep an AC running then a heater, at least in my mind

 

[Mahonri]

Believe it or not, I have two heat lamps and an Ecoglow going out there right now, much easier and way less expensive.

AND in multiple areas. Not possible in the summer. I regularly lose at least 2-5 chickens to the heat every summer.

 

[featherz]

Believe it or not, I have two heat lamps and an Ecoglow going out there right now, much easier and way less expensive.

AND in multiple areas. Not possible in the summer. I regularly lose at least 2-5 chickens to the heat every summer.

It's zero here and my chickens are fine. No heat lamps. However, if it was -52 I'd probably rethink that. LOL. Mahonri, it's cold enough in arizona to need a heat lamp? Seems hard to believe. We got to -20's last year without anything at all even with my leghorns and bantams.. but -50? Yikes. As someone else said I'd think a heat lamp might explode at those temps.

OP, I'm curious how much a heat lamp helps at those temps - what's the temp in the coop after. Brr, that's cold!

 

[Mahonri]

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Yup, I have NYD chicks in a Laree Brooder and in an 8X8 grow out pen. They have to stay warm.... and it's in the 40s out there.

 

[featherz]

Yup, I have NYD chicks in a Laree Brooder and in an 8X8 grow out pen. They have to stay warm.... and it's in the 40s out there.

Oh, yah, that's a good point. My little stinkers are still in the house with an ecoglow. Babies are a different story! =)

 

[Snozzle]

Did they make it through the night ok? Temperatures dropped down here again this morning, I was carrying a silkie baby in a beanie to keep his little feet warm earlier lol

 

[featherz]

Yah I want an update too! Brr!

It was -5 here today and I bundled up like an eskimo to go outside, including a face mask. Then again, +50 is cold to me. My chickens are scratching around in their run as usual.. If it was -50+ here I'd probably be peeking out the windows trying to convince myself to go outside.