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I live in South Dakota. It's been down to 23 below zero so far this winter with only one day near 10 in the last 2-3 weeks and my chickens are doing fine in their big coop. I do have 3 250 watt heat lamps for them to go under if they want and they do use them more when it's colder. The coop is drafty as ever too. The key is to keep alot of feed and water available I believe. Basically fresh air,water and plenty of feed and they seem to do fine.
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I live in Wisconsin. My chickens do great in really cold weather. Just try to keep out the draft out and keep plenty of straw for them to burrow into. After that you should have no probs, they are a pretty hardy bird. If you want you can keep light by them, just make sure it is high enough. One of my friends chicks kicked straw by the bulb and started a fire. So be careful, hope this helps. later.
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they are going to stink being under under your deck i got 50 and they smell on the hot days
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Great idea for utilizing space under your deck, however; my question is: does it get smelly?
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they will probably freeze to death.
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How creative, I wondered how to coop chickens if I was able to have some in my area, in NY we get cold winters too, so great questions on the heating issues, I'll check comments and keep checking back so if you have new info.
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they would probably fine with a light...I just would be super careful/firerisk. I've had friends lose the coop to fire, and your's is attached to the house!
RU after eggs? that may change things.
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i have 20 chickens and the best way is to use straw they are not that fussy the are quite immune to the cold and i live in ireland and we get-5 degrees each day
seankilcullen 2 years ago
yep this was made a few years ago and these birds have lived through 2 winters no problem. they dont even go in their coop, they just sit on top of it and get cozy
chadhols 2 years ago
those birds lived out in the cold all winter, didnt even go in their house!! they didnt complain either, unless the wind was really strong... then i moved t hem to the garage for the night, but they were happy and kept laying eggs in sub zero temperatures!!
chadhols 3 years ago
just an update for you guys, this video was from last year... the chickens made it through the winter just fine, they actually didnt sleep in the little house at all, they only use it to lay eggs. I just keep the light outide and they just perched and slept outside all winter no problems. tough birds.
chadhols 3 years ago