NY chicken lover!!!!

[Beer can]

Both coops just fine. -19 at 7am, 2am was supposed to been worse wind chill. Wonder if it hit 50 below like they were saying...
Five eggs in big coop, they popped and cracked as soon as I picked them up, never witnessed that before.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

I'm sure it could have. I don't see anything else. I hope there's no diseases either. Goodness! I get so nervous since this is my first time with any of this. lol  Thanks for responding.

I'm new as well. I'm still on my first flock and they are not even a year until Easter.

 

[featherz]

just trekked outside - chickens are all fine and squawking to go out. Water bowls that were outside (heated) froze on the top, the one i left indoors was completely unfrozen. I do have two old leghorns with egg peritonitis issues that I kept in the garage (not heated but always above freezing) that are also doing fine. SO yay!

 

[rancher hicks]

Do you have a link to the homestead thread? I'd love to join it.


Well, last evening I walked into the coop in what I thought was a murder scene. I'm not at all sure what happened. All the girls are doing great! I checked their faces, their vents, their feet and back ends. NOTHING! They were acting fine. I did think there could have been a snake or mouse. Snakes I don't think would be out in this and I didn't think a mouse would be up that high. The blood was ALL OVER. I'd never seen anything like it. I would expect to see a carcas but nothing. Do you think they ate it? I'm guessing one flew in when the doors were open the other day as I walked between the garage and coop to feed the girls. I left them outside of the coop for a few minutes with the coop doors open. Should I be worried about diseases now? I cleaned the blood off (which took FOREVER since it was frozen. It had to be scrubbed.






My husband thought quick and brought the hay in from the run. Now I'm praying there's no mice nests in it. I'm guessing there isn't but it's freaked me out. ((sigh)) I'm thinking we should haven't brought them into the coop from the run. It could open a can of worms. Or maybe I'm being over-worried.

Check your roosters combs. They get cracked and bleed and then he shakes his head and you see what happens. Put some blue kote on it.

 

[rancher hicks]

I vow to never live up on a hill after this house. The wind up here is unbelievable and the drifting miserable. Looks like I have to call the plow guy again because it's unlikely my car can get thru these new drifts.

The chickens are doing alright. Battling a little frostbite, but hanging in there. I brought the geese into the chicken house to get them out of the wind & put them in the only pen that really had room for them: the bachelor pen. Needless to say, neither the geese nor the roosters are too pleased with the situation, lol. They'll be kicked out as soon as this cold snap passes.

See my posting on the Homesteader thread about snow blowers and trucks.

Too, you'll want to think about planting wind blocks.

 

[Beer can]

Check your roosters combs. They get cracked and bleed and then he shakes his head and you see what happens. Put some blue kote on it. 

I was thinking same thing @HISIRISHGEM even a pullet or hen could get a small unnoticeable cut on comb or wattle, shake it's head and cause that mess, doesn't take much blood. That's what it looks like to me. I've seen pics like that inside coops blood sprayed to the rafters with no visible injuries, most logical explanation. ? I think?

 

[Beer can]

Sussex combs and wattles don't look the best this morn, no black.
Giant's much bigger chickens, smaller combs and wattles look unfazed, definitely better cold breed bird with a straight comb. Their combs/wattles are thicker also, probably get better warm blood flow.

 

[PhoredaBurds]

See my posting on the Homesteader thread about snow blowers and trucks. 

Too, you'll want to think about planting wind blocks.  

I would love to plant wind blocks. Unfortunately the biggest drifting issue is across an access road we share with 2 other homes. The wind block would have to go on a neighbors land. That neighbor will not even chip in for the plowing expense, let alone allow me to plant bushes on his land. Either side of the access road are fields, across which the wind blows, carrying whatever snow is there and dropping it in my way. I do sometimes try to blast thru the drifts with my car, but that's not always successful and prob not so good for the car. We have talked about finding a cheap plow truck, but I picture it becoming a rusty eyesore in my driveway. My plow guy is good & reasonably priced. I just get frustrated w the wind and the drifts. Looking forward to spring.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

Chickens are extremely resilient! ! 10° in the coop and they are doing great. I'm worried about opening they window for them to go outside though. Its only -5° out so I think they can stay in for now.

 

[PhoredaBurds]

Sussex combs and wattles don't look the best this morn, no black.
Giant's much bigger chickens, smaller combs and wattles look unfazed, definitely better cold breed bird with a straight comb. Their combs/wattles are thicker also, probably get better warm blood flow.

The frost bite I'm having issues w is on a couple roosters waddles. I think they dip their waddles when they drink. While they have nipple drinkers, I supplement w bowls of water when I get paranoid they're not getting enough water. Guess I have to d/c that practice. Or maybe use a narrow bowl that they cannot dip more than their beaks in. Anyone else run into this issue?