Kur Garden in the cold and rain
chicken feathers to stay cool when the air is dry and calm, so I do not mind the cold. But the project still in the pen, feathers and wet does not work, so breeding hens dry and free of the project is necessary
First Lady AND COLD
The chickens do not mind the cold, but I do mind projects and rain at night, are a top priority for them in winter. Shed, or house, should be sufficient to maintain close the cold wind blowing from the wall.
Ventilation should be above your head and should not be given to projects in cooperation programs. Seal must be checked and all areas that are flooding the housing must be completed quickly. Wood must be used for nests and should not be made of metal or plastic Poles.
Jack Wood to help keep your feet warm while installation of metal or plastic stays cold all the time and cause their feet are too cold. Imagine, the strengthening of the sheet with her bare feet in winter and the need to stay there for several hours.
Some sites, such as straw should be applied in and around cooperation cooperation. Help to keep the frozen chicken legs from the ground, while about zero during the day. Access to work will become muddy and icy, but are put off den. This could hens are reluctant to leave during the day.
Maintaining a clean straw is very important. Day view, rake and replace when it becomes dirty or wet.
According to Water and food
Chickens need fresh clean water in winter than in summer. They will soon die from lack of water and food shortages. You can give your bird warm water periodically. When it’s cold, the chickens appreciate the water that has been gently. Dan rubber can be used to develop and form the ice does not break like plastic.
Freeze water faster in metal containers. It ‘very important to check the containers with water several times a day when temperatures are at their lowest since the form of ice on top and chickens may not be able to break.
Hens need more feed in winter to maintain body heat. We feed a balanced and sediment grains to zero in winter to maintain their health. When the ground is frozen, the hens are less able to zero for the grain must then add supplementary food.
Add the peel vegetables and cooked vegetables helps. Changing the diet, replaced by calcium and protein needed to increase their body temperature, keeping laying hens more often than others. (Despite this, the eggs are much less than they are in summer).
Happening outside. Hens prefer to be outside, even at low temperatures, but may be wary of the first steps of cooperation. When snow accumulates in the yard, the shovel so I can walk without a disaster in the snow.
Third Foxes and predators
Difficulties in food supply causes an increase in predation in the winter months. Predators try harder.
Losses to predators like foxes, can be avoided if you keep chickens safely cooperation and enforcement. During the summer, foxes, and will try to break into cooperation, but do not put much effort into it – and stop their attack when surprised little obstacle.
But in winter, when they are hungry and there is not much food available, try much harder to go to work, and will not be put off by small disturbances. I had to work, the fox kill a chicken to do. . . but then carry out the killing, apparently for sport, most of the stock at night.
Minks are much rarer, but more difficult to stop. It can be inserted into small holes and are hard to stop. Such as foxes, usually to kill the fury of the night, they seem to be more casual food. wild mink found in Britain are the descendants of mink farm mink, which escaped as 30 years ago.
domestic dogs can be a problem all year, but – powered home every day – are not worse in winter. There are many products on the market to discourage predators.
One of the most effective predators of the night to the watchman, triggered by motion pursuant predators, LED light and is illuminated from afar for a few seconds, often scared forever.
But they are expensive, and most useful to commercial poultry. Chickens cooperation in the garden or courtyard, money is probably better spent on other things.
In winter, with the greatest care of these three tasks – a project of resistance, irrigation and protection of the herd from predators – ensure that you have a happy, healthy herd when the sun returns

