Keeping Chickens in Winter
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- čas přidán 16. 10. 2015
- Clare Taylor, our chicken keeping expert, gives great advice on how to keep chickens in winter. All of the products recommended in the video are available in store and online: www.cotswoldchickens.com/shop-... If you would like to know more please sign up for one of Clare's Chicken Keeping Courses: www.cotswoldchickens.com/chick...
In day temps between 10˚-32˚F we are able to keep our waterer from freezing due to our composting chicken run and the heat it gives off. We have a 5 gallon food grade bucket with horizontal poultry nipples and it's raised up on a couple concrete pads. I fill it with warm water in the morning. I simply dump the extra water at night but if we had a garage I would just move it to there. I would love to gather some raw wool and sew up an insulating wrap for my waterer to help insulate it even more.
Great advice Clare. It is good to be reminded about extra feed (mine will come to the back door to tell me to top up their feed) and tonic in the water. Thank you for posting this video.
+Sue Nicholls
They have less of an opportunity to feed with the shorter daylight hours, so they tend to forage less, and feed more intensively... a bit like us gorging on stew and dumplings in the winter I guess!
instaBlaster
Thank you! I appreciate your CZcams channel
I love hearing the hen chattering away in the background
hello Clare I write from Italy and I use the translator so sorry if some points are not clear. For a year I have three hens and now I am at first mute and I am anxious because I don't know how much to feed, they have a pedal manger and food good quality and Poultry drink in water .. I have a plastic chicken coop but for this winter I added a blanket because it's cold here .. I'll make sure to leave the ventilation open. Thanks for your advice, I'll follow you with great interest.
Hello
Thank you for your comments; you are most welcome to contact us for any advice.
So long as you keep their feeder filled up, and empty it once a week to clean it out, they will be fine and eating enough. You will see that they eat less in the winter and more in the spring and summer when they are laying more eggs.
I hope that this helps
What about heat in their coops? We get temperatures down to about 19 sometimes here in southern Alabama’s in USA
Their body temperature is about 105deg, so they don't usually need any insulation, but in the extreme cold that you are talking about, it's a compromise between keeping them warm and not blocking the ventilation. Air flow is very important to prevent a build-up of ammonia, but with regards to heating, you can get wired heaters to go on the coop floor and drinker heaters too, to prevent their water freezing over. It would be important to collect any eggs promptly in case they freeze!
My hen is suffering from breatheing broblem she is takeing breathe with sound plz tell what to do in treatment? Plz plz make a video
Hello Tahir
If your chicken is making noises when it is breathing, then it is likely that it is very ill with a respiratory infection, which will need immediate treatment from a vet. This is very serious and not something which can be either diagnosed or treated on the internet. Please take it to the vet soonest.