Top 7 Tips For Winter Chicken Care! | #7 Could SAVE Your Flock!

[@vanessaesquivel1425]

I love the, “Oh hey neighbor!”

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

So a little over two years ago my best friend bought a house and about two months later the house across the street went up for sale so we bought it. So now anytime we see him or anyone in his family it’s “hey neighbor!” 😂.

[@KAMLANDER]

Took the words right out of my mouth😂👌🏻

[@annsandstedt5264]

I live in SW Florida. When it's cold which is in the 50s I give my girls warm oat meal. They love it.

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Oh, they love some warm oatmeal!

[@Sweetest_of_Seven]

Oh, that’s a great idea… thank you!

[@birdieloo6168]

Thank you for the wonderful idea! We live in Indiana and are getting into the cold temperatures now so I’ll have to make some for our flock. They thank you in advance too. ☺️

[@observationistdave]

I agree with the heated dog bowl. I had a heated plate that went under the waterer, and they still froze. The dog bowl rarely freezes, and even then, just a thin skim. Deep litter is great as well. We use a straw/chip mixture. That straw works well to create warm air pockets for insulation. In the summer we just use chips.

[@cal-nevatower2896]

I use a heated dog water bowl , it works great, don't have to worry about the water freezing.👍

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

I’ve heard of people doing that! I might actually look into that myself 😂

[@DiligentProsperous]

Newer to your videos and loving them! Thank you..

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

You’re very welcome! I appreciate you watching them!

[@TheStickinator]

Last year here in Colorado it hit -10° and my chickens did just fine without heat.

[@randygilbert3753]

I hang the water in my coop ,with a heavy gage wire and my chicken do really well with it

[@MarthaMedel-tx8gf]

I'm still learning...thank ya😊🐔

[@kennacraftjr.6513]

During the Winter you can use a simple 2 panel solar power system and a wind generator with 2 batteries one converter to run LED lights and a small heat pad under your water container and possibly more. Using a timer for things to come on or off helps alot. My heater pad is set to come on at 6am for 2 hrs. Again at 10am for 2 hrs. Then 4 to 6pm. My atomic feeder comes on twice a day for 3mins. Been working good for 3 years.

[@paulsgreenspace]

Love your videos mate I subscribed to your channel mate

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Thank you! I appreciate that!

[@JillBrown-y4r]

Thank you so much for all the ideas. The one thing i found out that i am doing wrong is having a light. It just gets cold in Ohio and i thought they would die from being cold. Time to go take it out.

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

A lot of people use lights to keep the chickens laying! But chickens actually do really well in the cold, they are little heaters!

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Thank you for the kind comment, I appreciate it!

[@cathydavis9259]

Just found you, good advice. Utah? I grew up in Ogden, now live on a hobby farm in Chicago area. PS cute kids

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

I grew up in Ogden too! First half of my childhood we were around 2nd street, then moving north to Harrisville but still spent most of my childhood and early adult life in Ogden! Now we live about 15 minutes south of Ogden! That’s awesome!

[@kegfreak3728]

I recommend moving to straw from the wood chips for deep litter. I moved to straw a couple years ago and it composts so much better and doesn't retain as much water. Great video, I subscribed.

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

I was worried about the straw not composting as well as the wood chips! I actually have a test pile out back to see how well it compost and now I just want to get home to go check on it 😂. I’m definitely not against straw at all! Thank you, I appreciate it!

[@zandilengubo4320]

Thank you for the advises. They are helpful

[@thatonegirl1837]

Thank you! This was very helpful! ❤️

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

You’re welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@hai6089]

Looking to get some black australorp chickens in North Carolina! Very helpful!

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

I love them! They should be great for you!

[@tomfrye8737]

I have 6 chickens I'm new to all of this they stopped laying eggs can you send me some information on what i can do. THANKS 👍

[@oneofmanysouls]

Interesting that you said Silkies are good in cold temps. Everything I read online when I was researching before getting my Silkies said they are -not- good cold temp birds.

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Not all of them by any means, but if you live in cold temps there are some you can have!

[@m0n5t3r8]

I'm currently having huge issues. I'm in Canada, and in a -36°C deep freeze. My coop interior has frost all inside, and holes all over. One already died last night. I have no idea how to keep them warm and seal up my coop

[@kennacraftjr.6513]

You could stick anything in the holes to clog them up. Being that cold you should put a compost pile in your chicken coop that's at least 3 or 4' across and about 6' high. the decomposing material will generate heat for the chickens. Use hog wire or field fence to make a round compost container. Fill it with decaying matter like leaves with a little bit of dirt, scrap foods, things from the garden. Small bones, left over fish.... Etcetera

[@m0n5t3r8]

@@kennacraftjr.6513 I decided to build a whole new coop out of straw. Even in -30 it's -12 inside and they're much happier now. Their frostbite is even healing itself

[@Sweetest_of_Seven]

@@m0n5t3r8I’m glad to hear that you’re chickens are doing better 😊 it doesn’t get anywhere near that cold here but I have used a tarp on the front of my open air coop to help with the wind we get in the winter. One full side of my coop is just 1/4” hardware cloth the other 3 sides are wood.

[@m0n5t3r8]

@@Sweetest_of_Seven unfortunately, they all became diseased, and I had to put them all down 😔

[@borderlandpeppers7740]

Great Video Buddy 👌🏻👊🏻

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Thanks man!

[@Vegajinx]

Live here in MN and we have Black Australorp and Columbian Wyandotte 👌

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Nice!!! I have family out there, and it gets COLD!!

[@Vegajinx]

@@WhitepepperFarmshomestead yes it does! We have a friend that were raising these two specific breeds so we know they were cold hardy enough for our area.. And it can get -40 here at times with wind chill 🥶

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Absolutely! Plenty of people have chickens with that kind of weather. They can handle it!

[@friki-tiki]

I have Black Sex Links, Buff Orpingtons, and Ameraucana. Their coop is 4'x8', 4' high on one end and 6' high on the other, and is about 2' off the ground. Their run is 8'x20' with the coop over one end and the entire run is roofed. There is a little chicken door on the man door of the run that leads out to a 50'x50' fenced chicken corral that has netting over it to protect them from hawks. They love to run around out there in the rain even in the winter. Should I lock them in the run in order to keep them dry in the winter? I do have a 12"x18" coop heater for when it gets down in the low 20s F. Also, I wrap the entire run with 9 mil plastic in the winter to keep the cold wind off of them.

[@birdieloo6168]

Gee whiz, it sounds like you have a really nice arrangement for your girls! We let our chickies out to free range every morning then “tuck them in” every evening…even in the winter. There have been times they’ve gotten wet (in the winter) but they always dry themselves off and have never been sick from it. They don’t like to stay out in the drizzle or rain, anything that would soak them, but they have gotten wet before and never become sick. They always dry themselves out.