Our Chickens will NEVER BE too Cold Again
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- During the winter maintaining the chicken coop is very important. We add wood chips to the deep litter bedding, straw to their run and update their tarp so they get more sunlight in their winter chicken run.
Click the Link to Subscribe and follow along with us:
/ @acresofadventure
Follow Us on Instagram @ acres_of_adventure for more!
To Get A ChickCozy Automatic Chicken Coop Door use link : www.chickcozy.com/acresofadventure
Hello everyone,
Welcome to Acres of Adventure Homestead!
New Homesteaders
Family of 5
15 Chickens. 2 Pigs. 2 Dogs. 1 Cat
Building our Homestead Adventure
Subscribe to follow along and join us!
For Business Inquiries send us an email at AcresOfAdventure1@gmail.com if you would like to partner up and make a collab video with us!
Your creatures don't realize how good they have it!
Thanks you! We try our best here
Love your video and how much you care about your birds. I do highly recommend switching tarps out for clear vinyl tarps in the next season They will last you alot longer then poly tarps ❤ my poly tarps never lasted because of the cat walking on the roof 😉 your chickens look happy 😊
A catch board under my roost have made my wood chips last for 10 months with no smell or obvious collection of droppiings. Board is scraped into a bucket every other day hosed off occasionally in the summer time.
Look into getting breeds that are exceptional winter layers. I had no clue when I first started that all chickens were not the same. Some excel in the heat, some in the in betweens, and other during cold weather. Heritage breeds in my opinion for homesteading are also the only way to go. Reason being is because they have much longer productivity for many more years then hybridized industrial breeds that mature quickly, give lots of eggs early, but then burn out in a year or two! Commerical farms cull every year so longevity isn't factored into the breeding equation. We do not practice that here so longevity and productivity for many years is a huge win for us. Now I only add heritage breeds and I focus on dual purpose birds and keep a flock of half winter layers, half summer layers, and then a few more dual season birds for the in betweens. I had no clue when I first started and I get so much more from my flock then I did now that I know more. Good luck!
Chickens get depressed too without sun during the winter
Looking good man! My pigs just had piglets! I have had my hands full for the last few weeks! Hope all is well there and you guys get some warm weather soon!
Awesome! We think we are going to try breeding for pigs next fall and get some piglets! Love the support you give us
Looks good..I had a 6 by 12 dog run that I used for my chicken run I just added a roof..The clear plastic works great I found the thickest I could find..
.
Sounds great! Might as well spend the extra money and do it right the first time
Hi. Throw in food scraps and build the floor up. The deeper the floor covering, the warmer it is for them. With a pitchfork turn it it regularly and let the insects/worms come to the surface as food for the chooks.
I've been doing the same things for mine, glad to see I'm doing it right! Come spring, I'm going to have to open up their space in the coop. I made it almost too tight to fit through the little doorway to get eggs and add more shavings😆
Eta: chicken igloo 😝🐓🐥
Just cause we do it don’t assume it’s right🙈 but I do feel like the chickens have enjoyed it and been happier!
Thank you for doing this video.
Sounded like happy clucking to me. :)
I went to coffee grounds for coop bedding. Don't have all that wintry weather around here and the birds aren't in there except to sleep and lay for the most part. So clean up in a couple of months or so works pretty well. No odor and a good amount poo in there by then before it goes to the soldier flies who throws a party when they get some yummy coffee flavored poo for breakfast! hahaha
That is awesome!
Just found your channel and I'm loving it ❤️ the hoop coop looks easy and good for our hot weather in Australia. I might give that a go whilst we're waiting to build out big coop
Sooo cold. Good one.
Yes it was!
Smart change to the chicken igloo! Nice work!
It has been awesome for them, plus I feel like they have laid even better now
Great video, like all of them .Than you.....
Glad you like them!
Wonderful improvement! Way to go!
👍
Good job!
Thanks!
I would add wood chips it the run aswell for composting...
Thanks for that tip Ben! We through some hay in there also
The wood is better in winter because is more warm then plastic
When you use that compost do not till it into the soil or it will deplete nitrogen in your soil. You can plant your garden then use it to top dress your garden and you should be fine.
Thanks for that Tip!
Great 👍 vid 🤠 just don't enclose the greenhouse too much it needs to breathe
There is quite a bit of spots that are still open for air to travel in there, thanks for that tip!
Plastic I don't see how it can possibly keep your chickens warm. When I was young, our family raised chickens. the only way we could keep them comfortable in Wisconsin winters was in a coop. Having a minimum of 60 chickens at a time, provided some heat in itself. However, when temps dropped, they got colder.
Would bubble wrap insulate while allowing sunlight to come through?
Question : Thanks for your video. Do you move your pigs often in the winter? How often?
About every 2-3 months
Did you get much condensation in the run. I was thinking doing the something similar in cold weather climate with metal chicken run but was sure if I should vent it or if it would be Ok without .
Where are yall located? Im in Mainr
I was wondering if you are in Michigan i am in Minnesota do you not have raccoons or fox i noticed you had chicken wire not hard cloth were i am it is boggy not even ground the real problem would be weasels coyotes wolves but only in fall and winter just have very little money no work just trying to do the best i can great video
yes we are in Michigan, we do have raccoons and foxes however our dogs help keep them away so we are able to get away with a little less proctection
@@AcresOfAdventure thanks just wondering trying not to spend money I don't have
I am thinking to doing the same, is it necessary to cut vent holes in the top of the run? I am pretty new to chickens and heard different opinions on this so wasn't sure in this case.
Where alre you located? I am in Wis. I thought of doing this but ours is flat square top. Looks good
If you add pvc pipes across the top at 1 foot intervals and cross them with additional pvc pipes held down to the run top by galvanized pipe hanger straps you can cover the whole thing with a large cleat tarp and keep them cozy. I live in New England and our chickens are cozy in their dog kennel run with a tarped top and sides. 😊