{"id":1004,"date":"2022-10-02T20:13:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T20:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khetwise.com\/blog\/how-to-care-for-chickens-in-the-winter-basics\/"},"modified":"2022-10-02T20:13:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T20:13:42","slug":"how-to-care-for-chickens-in-the-winter-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khetwise.com\/blog\/how-to-care-for-chickens-in-the-winter-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Care For Chickens In The Winter (Beginner’s Guide!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

You have backyard chickens or are thinking about getting them but there\u2019s one BIG question\u2014How to care for chickens in the winter?<\/strong> Don\u2019t fret! It\u2019s much more simple than you may think. We\u2019ll share our top tips for keeping your chickens safe and healthy during those frosty, snowy months.<\/p>\n

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From Our Suburban Backyard to Our Homestead<\/h2>\n

We\u2019ve kept chickens for over 10 years now. It began with 6 backyard chickens on our 1\/3 acre suburban lot. And now some 50 feathery friends free range about our 5-acre homestead<\/a> property.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve also had a variety of coop setups.<\/p>\n

Our first coop was a kit coop from Costco that we received as a gift. When we wanted to expand our suburban flock, we converted a wooden kid’s playset into an A-frame portable chicken tractor.<\/p>\n

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Instead of having a standalone coop currently at our homestead, we decided to build a coop inside our pole barn<\/a>, which has worked out great!<\/p>\n

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In all these scenarios living in northern Illinois (we get some cold winters!) we\u2019ve never lost a chicken due to winter conditions. That\u2019s not because we never made mistakes or always knew exactly what we were doing. We\u2019ve learned a lot as we went!<\/p>\n

But we went for it, troubleshooted as needed, made adjustments, and tried to be more prepared the following year.<\/p>\n

You CAN raise chickens in the wintertime too! Here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/p>\n

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