"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[cajun chicken]

Being this is my first winter with chickens, I have a dumb question. Do we have to worry about them getting frostbite on their combs if we get temps in the low 20's or teens? I know it is a rare occurence here but your help would be appreciated..... Thanks

 

[cajun chicken]

I picked the babies up from Turk this morning, all are active and well. Here's a couple of pics...looks like my campine rooster jump into the buff pen a time or two.

These are campines and cuckoo marans.

Very nice! you keeping them all??

 

[Tasha1981]

First of 10 out. 1 day late. 2 more pipped.

 

[Tasha1981]

Make that 3 that have pipped. I just saw another pip.

Edit, as I was typing I heard a 4th pip.

 

[cajun chicken]

Make that 3 that have pipped. I just saw another pip.

What are you hatching?

 

[Tasha1981]

RIR from my cacklehatchery.com flock. I set 15 eggs, with only 1 rooster and 16 girls I wasn't expecting much. But 13 were fertile 10 made it till lockdown.

 

[Tasha1981]

I'm hoping to add 1 roo and 4 pullets from this hatch. Other roos are going in freezer camp.

 

[lakones]

[quote name="cajun chicken"
Very nice! you keeping them all??
[/quote]

You want some?

 

[lakones]

Make that 3 that have pipped. I just saw another pip.

Edit, as I was typing I heard a 4th pip.

Sounds like you calendar was 1 day early
Precious.

 

[Tasha1981]

One night after lockdown the temp dropped to 85 degrees. I was expecting a day or 2 late because of that.