chickens down under

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 19:16:49 -0700 from Streams

@Mike Macgirvin 🖥️ what sort of temps does your winters get? I am curious about your current chicken setup. Particularly for winter

Mike Macgirvin 🖥️

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 23:42:14 -0700 last edited: Mon, 02 Jun 2025 01:56:56 -0700 from Hypogea

Pretty mild winters where I'm at. It only gets to about -2C. Last snow was in 2016. Not doing anything special for the chooks. As long as they have a roof over their head and a windbreak they'll be fine.

Adam Robertson

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 04:54:13 -0700 from Streams

I thought as much, since you have mentioned in the past that the weather there is similar to California. We have since moved to Michigan, and I am putting together a chicken coop.
This time I need to think about freezing weather. In the past it was enough to give the chickens a dry place out of the wind.

Mike Macgirvin 🖥️

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:02:01 -0700 from Hypogea

I can't think of much beyond the 100W incandescent to pump any kind of heat into something. Used to do that in Colorado so cars would crank on the colder days there. Put it under the hood.

Probably have to inquire more locally...