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[Smallfarm25]

Welcome! Looks like you’ve got a lot of experience,

My mom and my grandma have tught me the ins and outs of butchering as it was a family affair every fall we would all get together kids aunts uncles grandparents and butcher everyone has their job to do even the kids are helping.

 

[HuffleClaw]

My mom and my grandma have tught me the ins and outs of butchering as it was a family affair every fall we would all get together kids aunts uncles grandparents and butcher everyone has their job to do even the kids are helping.

Nice!

 

[Smallfarm25]

Thanks for joining the group. This is my first winter with my chickens and I put up plastic on the run to help block the wind and I'm hoping the coop will keep them warm enough but if not and I see them stressed I will put a heat lamp on only on the very very cold days. I live in Idaho and from all the people I talk with in this area they say the chickens can handle the cold just fine without heat.

We get really cold here -40 with windchill I guess it’s a try and see what happens kinda thing lol

 

[MissChick@dee]

Hiya
Nice to meet you!
Wind. Wind chill factor. Burrrr. Provide shelter from the wind. Chickens can regulate their body heat as long as they stay DRY.
Wind or drafts will disrupt their feathers and their ability to puff their feathers for heat.
I Really can wait for winter but it won’t wait for me! Lol
Best wishes

 

[DobieLover]

We get really cold here -40 with windchill I guess it’s a try and see what happens kinda thing lol

Hello and welcome to BYC!
Not sure about the quail but with chickens, the windchill does not factor into the temperature as there should be no direct draft on the birds while they are in the coop.
Good ventilation is critical to keeping warm as it removes the excess moisture from the air.

 

[Smallfarm25]

Yes I hate winter also It will be -30 but with the wind feels like -40 I think regardless wind or not it’s still -40 and friken cold lol l all my animals have shelter from the wind and insulated buildings I’m just hoping I don’t have to heat the quails shed . I have never heated my chickens they do fine but the quail are so much smaller

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Keep them dry, draft free, well fed and watered, and they should handle the winter fine.

 

[Smallfarm25]

Thanks

 

[ronott1]

Have fun here! Check out the social threads

 

[chub_the_chick]

welcome to BYC! hope you like it here.