Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

My flock is in an unheated coop and they are doing just fine. Tips about keeping moisture down are spot on, but other than that be sure they have plenty of feed to keep their caloric intake up to keep them warm. Water access is important as they wont eat if they can't drink. I give extra whole corn right now as I have heard that helps them stay warm

I do the same, I just bought 100# of corn and 100# of BOSS to help keep calorie intake high, I do not worry about the protein as much this time of year or the "harmful" affects of corn.

 

[meltedviking]

You will see that as a trend around here

our chickens are important to us!

Another reason I'm glad I found this thread!

 

[duluthralphie]

Hey!! Mine are like children to me!! They need to be warm so I get lots of eggs! Out of the thirty hens I am getting at least one egg a day!!

With 30 hens I would hope you are getting at least one egg a day, or I would send them all to camp!

 

[holm25]

MeltedVikings where are u from. Dont remember if I asked yet.

 

[KlopKlop]

I picked 26 frozen eggs yesterday. A product of us being gone all day.
Did you know if eggs are just getting to frozen and the shells haven't cracked yet, they crackle when you pick them up. I've never seen anything like that before. The sound is unique. The eggs were all slushy. The dogs got a few the rest we will eat and may scramble and feed back tonight. Especially if tonight's eggs are frozen too. It got up to 2 here today and spat a dusting of snow so we may be ok since we won't be gone late tonight

 

[duluthralphie]

It is 9 here now, I am going to scramble the broken ones, crack the shells into pieces and feed them back to them tomorrow,

 

[Rhetts]

I am still holding on to -1 right now. and it says we are supposed to get some snow maybe. Windchills are in the 30's below to night as well.

 

[duluthralphie]

Wow, we have no wind here at all, I was just out and filled wild bird feeders and it is almost pleasant out.

 

[KlopKlop]

It is 9 here now,  I am going to scramble the broken ones, crack the shells into pieces and feed them back to them tomorrow,

I just checked again and it is 4 and rising. Could see 8 tonight and over zero temps until tomorrow morning. Still cold though!

 

[Rhetts]

Wow, we have no wind here at all, I was just out and filled wild bird feeders and it is almost pleasant out.

not my neck of the woods wind is cutting through clothes.