How cold is too cold?

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Re: How cold is too cold?

Post by TomK » Mon Jan 04, 2016 5:56 pm

Sandy..oatmeal?...really?...gotta try that...i cook it for me so why not just make a big batch
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Re: How cold is too cold?

Post by Killerbunny » Mon Jan 04, 2016 6:39 pm

Mine love oatmeal, just make sure it's not too hot so they don't burn their crop.
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Re: How cold is too cold?

Post by TomK » Mon Jan 04, 2016 7:12 pm

KB...by the time i get it to the coop in this weather it won't be too hot..trust me on that...lol
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Re: How cold is too cold?

Post by Brian » Mon Jan 04, 2016 7:17 pm

I feed inside, but only have water available outside. On a day like today, the chickens pop out of their coop once in a while for a quick drink and then they run right back inside. The geese and ducks are a different storey. They were all bathing today in the water trough.
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Re: How cold is too cold?

Post by Robbie » Mon Jan 04, 2016 7:43 pm

I put mine outside today for a quick sunflower seed snack while I cleaned the coop They trooped right back in as soon as the sunflowers were cleaned up. For a bedtime snack they got warm oatmeal mixed with eggs, and seeds (sesame, flax, currants,hulled pumpkin seeds and goji berries). I'm getting soft in my old age. It wasn't too bad in the coop, -6 at bedtime, but we'll see what it's like in the morning.
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Re: How cold is too cold?

Post by SandyM » Mon Jan 04, 2016 8:10 pm

Spoiled Robbie !! spoiled.
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Re: How cold is too cold?

Post by Robbie » Mon Jan 04, 2016 8:37 pm

SandyM wrote:Spoiled Robbie !! spoiled.
Actually Sandy when they read on PSO/ PTO what you were doing for your flock, mine insisted on the same. :yippiechickie:
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Re: How cold is too cold?

Post by Doug The Chickenman » Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:33 pm

We let them make the decision on their own. if they want to go out they go out if not they stay in. the doors are opened and it is then thier choice.
The chanties normally go out and some times the Americaunas will.
If your eggs are splitting you aren't collecting them soon enough.
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Re: How cold is too cold?

Post by JimW » Tue Jan 05, 2016 12:13 am

All my birds are in covered pens with straw on the ground, with no snow, except a small amount in a corner for them to eat for extra moisture, so they are always wandering around the pens, no matter how cold. I have been giving the birds a bit of layer mash soaked in warm water these last couple mornings and some extra whole corn just before sunset so they can fill they crop before going to roost. So far everyone seems happy, even my tiny little Serama bantams.
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Re: How cold is too cold?

Post by muffin57 » Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:37 am

We live in NW Ontario. Our chickens and ducks are preferring to stay inside.
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