Travelling long distance with chickens in the winter

Posted by JDemaris on December 24, 2013 at 05:55:08 from (70.194.0.225):

Our chickens are now 7 years old. Been in a coop every winter in NY with temps down to 25 below F and been fine. We sometimes use a light (not a heat lamp) to extend the light hours to get more eggs. Never had any problems. Rhode Island Reds and Barred Rocks. We DO use a water heater.

We recently stuck them on a trailer and took them on an 800 mile drive to northern Michigan. Now they have their own personal RV. Still no heat and temps have been down to 10 below 0 so far. We’re about 30 miles from the Michigan Mac Bridge that some New Yorkers built to connect the two Michigans.

The camper was on a small farm I bought here. A Chippewa Indian lived in it full time while he was clear cutting 100 acres of woods for a local logger. Now the chickens have it. An old RV makes a great portable chicken coop.

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• Re: Travelling long distance with chickens in the winter Spook 07:19:27 12/24/13 (1)
  • Re: Travelling long distance with chickens in the winter jdemaris 10:13:50 12/24/13 (0)
• Re: Travelling long distance with chickens in the winter howdy1960 06:44:56 12/24/13 (6)
  • Re: Travelling long distance with chickens in the winter jdemaris 10:09:06 12/24/13 (0)
  • Re: Travelling long distance with chickens in the winter 2badlybent 08:19:57 12/24/13 (4)
    • Re: Travelling long distance with chickens in the winter jdemaris 10:00:36 12/24/13 (3)
      • Re: Travelling long distance with chickens in the winter showcrop 10:47:30 12/24/13 (2)
        • Re: Travelling long distance with chickens in the winter jdemaris 10:59:25 12/24/13 (1)
          • Re: Travelling long distance with chickens in the winter showcrop 18:01:58 12/24/13 (0)
• Re: Travelling long distance with chickens in the winter randallinMo 06:31:32 12/24/13 (0)
• Re: Travelling long distance with chickens in the winter TomA 06:30:10 12/24/13 (1)
  • Re: Travelling long distance with chickens in the winter randallinMo 06:58:17 12/24/13 (0)

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