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[roosterhavoc]

thinking about raising penguins instead of chickens. Wouldn't have to worry about the cold. Although I'd have to make my pens a little bigger

 

[centrarchid]

Have you ever had the pleasure of a 2 foot plus snow with drifting into cages? That is my most maximal fun when I have to go out and keep clearing pens so birds have a place to stand. More than one I go out find bird actually buried in snow. Real fun will come when very cold winds hit later and snow makes so birds have no cover unless they get down in the snow.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Have you ever had the pleasure of a 2 foot plus snow with drifting into cages? That is my most maximal fun when I have to go out and keep clearing pens so birds have a place to stand. More than one I go out find bird actually buried in snow. Real fun will come when very cold winds hit later and snow makes so birds have no cover unless they get down in the snow.

no not yet. Pens are all wrapped so only a little snow gets in from where it's vented at the top and the holes they've pecked in the bottom portion. Winds supposed to gust 50-60 mph tonight though. I'm just a little worried about the toughness of my fly tying birds not so much the gamefowl. One in particular seems like a real weenie but he's got great feathers.

 

[centrarchid]

If well below freezing you should be good. The scary is when temperatures around with freezing rain to degrade insulatory value of feathers. Then the cold snap with winds. With wet snows I remove covers to prevent pens from collapsing. Birds directly in snow but they can shake it off.

From north I can handle the high windsbut from from south pens get majorly tested. With high winds I simply place a piece of plywood on the windward side and move roost so bird next to the plywood. Done properly the wind will scour a snow-free zone to feed birds over.

 

[roosterhavoc]

If well below freezing you should be good. The scary is when temperatures around with freezing rain to degrade insulatory value of feathers. Then the cold snap with winds. With wet snows I remove covers to prevent pens from collapsing. Birds directly in snow but they can shake it off.

From north I can handle the high windsbut from from south pens get majorly tested. With high winds I simply place a piece of plywood on the windward side and move roost so bird next to the plywood. Done properly the wind will scour a snow-free zone to feed birds over.

snow is done only got about 4 in. I put conduit under the wire to reinforce the domes for that very reason. The plastic blocks most of the wind. However I still have birds with frostbite on their combs. I have two roosters in coops with frostbite too so can't completely prevent it I guess. Haven't really had too much snow this year but it's been colder than normal.

 

[flypen]

How did the rest of the hatch go?

5 eggs didn't hatch, it seems that they developed to day 16 then for some reason the 5 eggs died

 

[roosterhavoc]

5 eggs didn't hatch, it seems that they developed to day 16 then for some reason the 5 eggs died

just happens I guess. Still had good hatch though.

 

[centrarchid]

snow is done only got about 4 in. I put conduit under the wire to reinforce the domes for that very reason. The plastic blocks most of the wind. However I still have birds with frostbite on their combs. I have two roosters in coops with frostbite too so can't completely prevent it I guess. Haven't really had too much snow this year but it's been colder than normal.

For me it has been warmer than average by quite a bit and total snow accumulation is less than 2". May double that today. Frostbite also very light and that was precipitated by a freezing rain event. Dubbing is only way I can stop it completely unless birds able to stand on something warm.

Just had a big commotion where dogs got into coyotes. We are in a relative cold snap causing some predators to move more.

 

[maranfarmer563]

Was 15 below last night,with a high of 8 today. All my birds are in the barn or my greenhouse,its still cold but no wind. I still get frost bite, my dubbed boys look great

 

[sdm111]

55 right now high of 70 today. You're birds made it through the night havoc?