The conditions under which chickens are housed– including heating, ventilation, air quality, water availability and feed have a direct impact on the profitability of a poultry farming business.
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The conditions under which chickens are housed– including heating, ventilation, air quality, water availability and feed have a direct impact on the profitability of a poultry farming business.
You can stack bales of hay halfway up the walls during winter. I staple sheets of plastic over the windows and over the rafters so the heat won’t rise up and escape through the roof. I stuff hay in all the cracks in the walls. They stay pretty toasty in all but the most frigid weather.
Make sure they have a good high-protein diet and fresh water every day; check the water to make sure it isn’t frozen. Some people have electrically-heated waterers, but I just check every day.
If it’s extremely cold, I have a little electric heater that I put on a bench well away from anything flammable, and use it during the nights. Many people don’t go to the lengths that I do and they don’t have any problems.