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Je vous envie. C'est trop beau. Reminds me of my own little Isa, too, liking her little bucket. Hm... A bucket of chicken :/Hi
We moved to France full time over two years ago and have kept rescue hens for 18 months.
We live in Lot et Garonne about a 90 minute drive from BordeauxView attachment 3304269View attachment 3304270
Of course your experience is valuable to me!! I was just trying to reach out to others in France. I have a few friends/neighbors who have chickens too. But its nice to know people who are also reading the English-language forums when it comes to getting products....especially meds.RescueMe
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In the Netherlands the weather is not crazy until now. But maybe my experience / info gathering over the years is helpful too?
Some people say that chickens do adapt after a few generations to the climate they live in. So if you have heritage breeds from the region or from were the temp is about 2C warmer, it should be fine.
My chickens endure temps around 35 C without a problem giving enough deep shade from a laurel bush in the run. And plenty of fresh water in a bowl . Sometimes the chickens take a foot bath in it.
Againts long periods with rain they have a few spots to shelter : in the coop (with small covered run), under a window that’s put in an angle.
When they are free ranging they have even more possibilities to shelter.
When we had a week with snow and cold a few years ago, the chickens stayed in the coop for a whole week. I added straw on the sand floor to give them a warmer floor to walk on. They apparently could live with the limited space of just a few square meters.