Cold weather pet safety
We've had one of the coldest weather events in several years here in the Midwest and it nearly froze my poor laying hens. I got home through the drifts of snow and blowing sub-zero windchill weather and realized I needed to reset the light in their chicken coop. The blistery cold wind was whipping through every crack and crevice of their coop as I rushed around stuffing plastic bags in every opening to block the sharp winds and fixed the heat light in their coop.
Oh, they were very happy. As I was working they were talking to me as if to say thank you. Me and my "chickas" love to chat with me and during the winter we don't socialize much but they were definitely happy and thankful to see me hard at work for them. (Hopefully, they will pay me in more eggs.)
The heat light did such a great job that they got off their roost to cool off in the bottom of the coop throughout the night and that was even with their little door uncovered. (For some reason their removable door disappeared. We have it set up where they can knock it down and come out in the morning.) What really surprised me is that the rooster didn't crow all night like he usually does when we use the heat light. He surely was content as the girls and maybe sleeping in or maybe I was sleeping in and didn't notice.
Best website for learning about chickens: Raising Backyard Chickens.
Until next time...
Neighbors chickens invade my yard. The rooster decided to abandon these babes for my Rhode Island Reds and now lives with my girls.
