Winter months

[chris1972]

Hi all

I apologise if this is posted in the incorrect forum area but just wanted some advice please. As the cold winter months will be drawing in soon I wondered if I needed to do anything to keep my chickens warm overnight? I'm guessing they are quite hardy birds but wondered if anyone else did a little extra to keep the cold out??

Thanks all

 

[cackleberrycam]

In the winter, I put a heat lamp in my coop and also feed them corn for 50 percent of their diet because it puts some extra fat on them which warms them up.
Good luck!

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Quote: As long as they are dry and out of the wind, nothing else is required.
Feathers are all they need to keep them warm

 

[JackE]

As BearFootFarm says, You do not need to do anything. You do not need to waste your time and money on your electric bill, on a heatlamp. The chickens can handle the cold with no problem. See the pic below, and see how my birds are in the winter, in an open air coop. Temps into the single digits, No added heat, no insulation, no problem.

 

[chris1972]

Thank u all so much for your advice,
jackE, I love you coop by the way