Looks like frostbite, down to -15 tonight. Should I move them into garage with heat?

[lmkeim]

Wow, MN is darn cold! I'm in Northern Virginia, my hens are fine but it did get cold enough for three eggs to freeze open!

 

[sissystonned]

happend here too!! i cracked it into the pan and was very confused when it came out as a rock

 

[amenfarm]

chickypunky--I did not think to ask--But all of your chickens are over 4 months old? and they are all a cold hardy breeds? if so, the same advice holds. Otherwise, Houston we have a problem-- juvies will need heat, and so will some types of breeds. I bought hens that were cold and heat hardy, I still had to run a fan in the 106* summer we had-and provide water with ice cubes,hens can deal with cold temperatures much easier than hot. Same with winterizing--No drafts across the roosts, a good coat of Vaseline, with deep, well-turned litter. I about made my DH crazy checking for drafts in the coop. This same coop has 2 wire walls in summer, so I was concerned that we get it warm/draft-free enough for cold temperatures. That would be new--eggs that bounce in the skillet!

 

[lmkeim]

Sissystonned