Chickens

[Loving my girls]

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Cant see your post

 

[FrostRanger]

Cant see your post

They seemed to have removed it

 

[Loving my girls]

They seemed to have removed it

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

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Was the post edited? Why?

 

[IvyYounts]

What are your temps like?
I agree that by the looks of it it doesn't appear to be nearly cold enough that I'd worry about them being cold. The fact that you have condensation in the crate worries me. Chickens are actually generally quite cold hardy, as long as they stay dry and can get out of the wind I generally wouldn't worry about them unless you're seeing some subzero temps. The biggest danger in cold weather is moisture as that is what causes frostbite. It is far more important for where chickens sleep to be well ventilated than warm. Do they have a coop? If so I'd just let them be as they usually are in that. I wouldn't keep that many chickens in a dog crate unless it was an emergency

Well you didn't have to delete everything...

Sorry, I had two post deleted the wrong one!

 

[IvyYounts]

I had two post. Deleted the wrong one.

 

[IvyYounts]

What are your temps like?
I agree that by the looks of it it doesn't appear to be nearly cold enough that I'd worry about them being cold. The fact that you have condensation in the crate worries me. Chickens are actually generally quite cold hardy, as long as they stay dry and can get out of the wind I generally wouldn't worry about them unless you're seeing some subzero temps. The biggest danger in cold weather is moisture as that is what causes frostbite. It is far more important for where chickens sleep to be well ventilated than warm. Do they have a coop? If so I'd just let them be as they usually are in that. I wouldn't keep that many chickens in a dog crate unless it was an emergency

Well right now it's 32 Degrees. And starting to snow here alittle.Gets lower at night

 

[FrostRanger]

Well right now it's 32 Degrees. And starting to snowing here alittle.

32 isn't cold at all for chickens, as long as they can get out of the elements if they so choose they're fine

 

[Toothpick]

It's been close to 0 here a few times and the birds were fine. In fact - we are going in to a stretch of single digits over night for about 4 nights in a row. I ain't worried about them.

They are little sissies though with snow on the ground. There's about an inch out there now and they haven't left the coop at all.

 

[FrostRanger]

It's been close to 0 here a few times and the birds were fine. In fact - we are going in to a stretch of single digits over night for about 4 nights in a row. I ain't worried about them.

They are little sissies though with snow on the ground. There's about an inch out there now and they haven't left the coop at all.

Mine were hesitant for a few days after we got snow too. Didn't last forever though