WINTER CHICKEN CARE | Keeping Our Hens Happy and Healthy in the Cold

[@CherylClemmens]

I learned a lot about chickens!! You are a farmer at heart!!! Great video.

[@HayleyatHome_]

Thank you! I have a lot of fun with it! 😊

[@katekurtz6788]

I have learned more in this one video than several articles I've read recently. I'm a newby to chickens. Been researching awhile but never got one/any. I've kept putting it off because I don't have too much extra money to buy/build everything I need to keep the chickens safe, healthy and happy. The other day my daughter brought me an adult chicken she found in her carport and she, her boyfriend, his mother and her boyfriend built a pen for me out of scrap material, wiring, old fence posts plywood, pressure treated wood and metal roofing. The pen is 6x8x7 with a door I can walk in and out of. I concluded the chicken was a God send (time to do it) and those who made the pen were part of His work. I am so grateful! Anyway, we have short cold winters and lots of rain during monsoon and I don't have a enclosure/henhouse and yours is really nice. I think its size might fit in my pen/coup nicely and house the amount of chickens I plan to have. I'll be getting 2 more in spring. I would really appreciate it if you would share the dimensions of your henhouse and tell me how high you placed the perches? I'd like to build one just like it. Last, the chicken is very friendly and my three cats don't bother her while she's free ranging in my backyard (although I moniter regularly). She, her name is Rose, doesn't seem to be bothered by the cats as well.

[@HayleyatHome_]

Thank you so much for your kind words. I’ve been learning so much also and I’m sure still have a lot to learn. That’s so great you were able to set something up for your new chicken. My coop is fairly small (I’m actually planning to make a run extension this spring to give them a lot more room). I believe the dimensions are 6x4’ but not sure of height. I believe the interior roost bars are about 14” from the ground and the exterior roost is probably about 2 feet high. My coop did come with roosts on the bottom of the coop (I still think it was a flaw) and I just used screws to raise them (they like to be higher up when they roost). Eventually, I plan to build a more substantial coop with more solid wood and more head clearance (I want to be able to easily walk in and out for better access). Its been great to get me started with chickens for sure! Here’s a link to my coop if you want more info. Good luck! 😊 www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/rugged-ranch-pueblo-grand-chicken-coop

[@KarenBerry743]

That was very interesting ❤ Beautiful property 🌲

[@HayleyatHome_]

Thank you, Karen! 😊

[@arunpanikassery2062]

You great..happy weekend 👏👍

[@HayleyatHome_]

Thank you! You too! 😊

[@flo2col127]

new subscriber. I can see you love ur chix. I'm gonna be a first time chicken owner in the spring. I live off grid in the mountains of central Colorado for 2 years, and my concern is the high winds and cold temps here. It's been below 25 during the day and single digits at night for 3 weeks now. The wind / snow has been blowing 30+ mph for 3 days and nights.It's typical winter weather. This brutal weather makes me wanna stay inside, and probably the chickens tooo. I will be a chicken lover like you, and I will always be concerned that my chix were comfortable during harsh weather that I don't want to be out in. I don't have a garage, so the chix would suffer if I don't have a solid plan to keep them warm from the beginning.

[@HayleyatHome_]

Welcome! Good luck with your chickens. I’ve had so much fun over the last nine months. I’ve found that (along with research) talking to people in my specific area is really valuable for finding a good setup for my particular area and situation. I’m part of a few Facebook groups in my area. That’s what has helped me along. Just yesterday I was at my daughter’s volleyball tournament all day and met a gal with 50 chickens who was dealing with a windchill of negative 25. Lots of great wisdom out there. Good luck! 😊

[@leighdanielle]

It’s gets -10 up here where I live we have to have heaters and we use deep bedding

[@leighdanielle]

Your coop is cute but unfortunately wouldn’t last where we are…. We have too many predators up here we have live stock guarding dogs. we have giant bears mountain lions Bob cats etc we built our coop up off ground w rock foundation we have a shed we actually turned into another coop and turkey aviary. We live on top of a mountain winds all the time 10-40 mph on a tame day. You could put plastic around the wire part as extra heat

[@HayleyatHome_]

It’s definitely not for every situation! We don’t deal with many predators here so it works. Good luck up there! Sounds like you have a great setup. 😊

[@joshmorrow9872]

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[@HayleyatHome_]

Thanks!