Whats the coldest your birds have ever been in?

[andythescot]

What is the coldest temperature your birds have ever (successfully) dealt with without heating equipment? And when is it cold enough for on to start getting concerned about their birds?

Thanks

 

[gdplum]

Last night, my girls slept in 20 degree weather. Laid eggs today.

 

[AkTomboy]

There are lots of posts on here about how well birds have delt with cold, even up here in Alaska where it can get -60F for a few days at a time and we consider -20F a heat wave

 

[natrgatr]

Negative 20 deg F last winter. They didn't seem to notice.

 

[Mrs. K]

Mine have easily handled -25 for a week. It was a long week. However, we are very dry in western SD. And humidity makes a difference. When it got that cold my egg production slowed, but when it warmed up, they were back in the game.

It is amazing how warm 10 degrees above 0 can feel, after -25 below! haha mk

 

[HorizonSon]

The temperature rarely gets down into the teens here... However; we have high winds with hurricane gusts, hail and massive amounts of rain for six plus months out of the year... They continue to free range out in it... Even my baby chicks play out in the sub-freezing, wind, hail and windy weather.

 

[Keri78]

I just keep the barn set up with their feed and warm hay. and they make out fine. They are pretty dumb critters though...yesterday when we got that blizzard I had to go out and rescue a few that decided to camp out behind a bush in my flowerbed rather than make the trek back to the barn! My husband insisted that they would be FINE but after a few hours...they were still camped out in the same spot and I just went out and moved them into the barn. Some of the girls have ventured out into the snow today but most of the flock is staying in the barn. My grandmom told me a story of a hent hat she had growing up that got stuck out in a snowstorm and lost the ability to use it's legs. They moved it into their porch and that's where she lived out her days...she even continued to lay but just couldn't get around! I don't think I could deal well with a disabled chicken so I'm opting to go rescue the dumbies!

 

[Yay Chicks!]

Check out this post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=421122 Those Alaskans experience some seriously cold temps without heating their coops.

 

[woodmort]

Mine have been in temperatures of 30 below--wind chills were lower but, since they were inside had no effect--also there have been times when the temperatures never got above 0 for a week. I've had problems with frozen eggs but never frostbitten combs as far as I can tell.

 

[johny]

-35C (-31F) outside several nights in a row, 3 weeks ago.
-12C (10F) inside the coop with a 175W heat lamp to keep it warm.
No frost bite.
Laying eggs just fine.