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Wow it's cold outside! My front door was frozen shut (because of rain yesterday) and every 3 gallon water dish I have in the yard for ranging was frozen solid. I filled the outside water with hot water and put lukewarm water in the coop, hopefully some of it stays liquid for a while. I fixed the coop and put a heat lamp in one corner in case the chicks need a little warm up but they haven't gone near it so I think they are good. When is this weather going back up north? They can have it!
 
foreverlearning said:
Well, that's a bummer. Looks like it is more humane to kill, I wouldn't want it to suffer because I tried to save it.
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You will just have to make sure that you get a really strong trap. Because that coon that got a bunch of my last flock was friggin huge! We had bought the set of traps that you can get from TSC and we set out the biggest trap, which it eventually went in. We came outside just minutes after it got in the trap and it freaked out and pushed the door open, bending the trap door and ran off. I really wish we could use guns here. But no.
 
foreverlearning said:
Wow it's cold outside! My front door was frozen shut (because of rain yesterday) and every 3 gallon water dish I have in the yard for ranging was frozen solid. I filled the outside water with hot water and put lukewarm water in the coop, hopefully some of it stays liquid for a while. I fixed the coop and put a heat lamp in one corner in case the chicks need a little warm up but they haven't gone near it so I think they are good. When is this weather going back up north? They can have it!
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I was surprised too. My free range water was frozen too and the water in the coops had a little ice crust on the edges. Bunny water was fine. The weather won't last. At least in Louisiana the super cold weather never lasts. Unlike summer where super hot/humid torrid weather goes on and on and on and on and on. The girls were fine this morning but tonight I will put Vaseline on their combs. Are you supposed to put it on their wattles too? I've never done that before, but I like Pam's suggestion. I insulated the pipes, but I'm going to add some. Weather is on. 39 high today, but back above freezing by Wednesday. Tonight will be the coldest.
 
PrimroseMom1 said:
I was surprised too. My free range water was frozen too and the water in the coops had a little ice crust on the edges. Bunny water was fine. The weather won't last. At least in Louisiana the super cold weather never lasts. Unlike summer where super hot/humid torrid weather goes on and on and on and on and on. The girls were fine this morning but tonight I will put Vaseline on their combs. Are you supposed to put it on their wattles too? I've never done that before, but I like Pam's suggestion. I insulated the pipes, but I'm going to add some. Weather is on. 39 high today, but back above freezing by Wednesday. Tonight will be the coldest.
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Yes add it to the wattles as well. The wattles are more likely to get frostbite if you use pans for the free ranging water (at least that's what the northerners have been saying).
 
LemonMeringue said:
You will just have to make sure that you get a really strong trap.  Because that coon that got a bunch of my last flock was friggin huge!  We had bought the set of traps that you can get from TSC and we set out the biggest trap, which it eventually went in.  We came outside just minutes after it got in the trap and it freaked out and pushed the door open, bending the trap door and ran off.   I really wish we could use guns here.  But no.
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I got the Havaheart trap on line and nothing would get out very heavy weight. I even had to transport it to my daughter's woods to do the deed, in my car, so you know I was confident it would hold.
 
foreverlearning said:
Yes add it to the wattles as well. The wattles are more likely to get frostbite if you use pans for the free ranging water (at least that's what the northerners have been saying).
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Thanks. Will do. They seems pretty happy right now. There's places they can huddle down, but they're acting normal. I heated some black eyed peas for them and they'll get warm oatmeal this afternoon. I've read a lot about heated waterers on the DYI thread. Up north they have to do lots of winter prep like we have to do here in August and Septemer. I worry so much when they are panting all day, wings out and they are in the shade with fans going.
 
I worry a lot more about mine during the hot summer months – they all are running around in this cold like they don’t feel a thing. I did put extra hay in their coop & we put extra tarps up to help block the wind. The peas were basking in the sun behind their tarp this morning.

Whenever I feel like complaining about how cold it is, I just pull up Ripon, Wisconsin weather & instantly feel warmer! It’s a balmy -19 there right now, with a wind chill of
- 49. Sweet!
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