i want chickens! where are you supposed to keep them? will they freeze if you keep them outside in like a pen?

Question

i live in georgia, usa... so its not that cold in the winter, but still very chilly.

Answer 1

have someone you know like your husband if your married friend or someone build a chicken coop and buy feeders and waters
it's best if you get an automatic water and feeder so you don't have to feed them for for little bit to start get one rooster male
and seven hens females and then if you want to get more don't buy any buy an incubator and put the eggs in it and mark a little x and date and put the in it and wait 21 days and if they are fertile they will hatch sometimes they will not but be careful and candle them to a light turn them every 1 hour and spray them with well water and that is the basic if you don't want to build one just order on off the URL I'm giving you can get a catalog for free
here it is http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/

Answer 2

I keep them in Dunnellon, Fl, where the climate is the same as S. Georgia. There is nothing that the climate here can do to a chicken in the winter. I have wrapped a piece of fabric around the metal rail where they preferred to roost on the coldest of nights, and they didn't bother to use it.

What has been critical to their survival is predator control. I have a dog with a pet door so he can access indoor AC and the outdoors at will. He scares off predators with ambush tactics. Training him not to kill the birds was quite a deal...

I leave a spicket dripping into a water bowl for them to drink. Beware of attracting venomous snakes with this and excess feed attracting rodents and snakes after the rodents.

Ginea hens are good at sounding a warning when stangers enter your property.

Benefits of chickens: insect control, food disposal. Particularly ticks. I can't find a tick because of them, despite having a dog. Five baby chicks will even wipe out fleas over an entire acre. Termites will never build a mud tunnel up the side of my block foundation with the birds around.

The salt-and-pepper colored chickens seem best suited to the local environment.

Answer 3

Actually, I own chickens on another piece of property and I built a simple chicken coop. About the size of a bed in width. Their pen is located outside and I've never seen them get cold or anything. Especially since Georgia isn't really a cold state, keeping them outside should be just fine. Just have enough space for however many chickens your planning on bringing. (Note: Don't put their food on top of something, put it on the ground. One time I put it on top of a box in their pen and the next day they tipped it over and it spilled on the ground.)

Oh yes, and if you are planning on just keeping them so they can lay eggs. If you are going to eat the eggs, you don't need a rooster. Only if you want more chickens, get a rooster then. Also, sometimes chickens will eat the egg, so as soon as they lay one, grab it as soon as you can!

Answer 4

If you seriously want chickens, I understand. I had to give up keeping them in my current home because a weasel kept killing them and I couldn't set up a weasel proof coop. They should have a sheltered place to go to roost and lay eggs, but the biggest problem is to protect them from chicken eating preditors, dogs, opossums, raccoons, weasels, hawks, foxes, etc. Snakes are attracted to the henhouse environment too. They eat the rodents attracted by feed that spills and they eat eggs and baby chicks. There are a lot of things out there that want your chickens as bad as you do and maybe worse. With the right breed, neither cold nor heat should be a problem. In spite of the problems , I really miss my chicken flock and when I Can set them up right, I'm going to get them back. FYI I really like the Auracuana breed. Check them out.

Answer 5

Your build a fenced in area or your yard with a simple shed so that they can roost at night. depending on where you live and how dedicated you want to be to the chickens depends on if they will freeze. You can buy a pet safe heater to keep in the coop if you live up north but as long as it doesn't snow or get cold enough to snow where you are they should be ok.

Answer 6

You need to keep them in a chicken co-op. In cold weather you leave a heat lamp on in the co-op or they will not lay as many eggs. Also you need to keep them safe from natural predators, such as chicken-hawks,foxes, dogs,etc.
Chickens are good for there eggs and also weed your garden and eat bugs. So they do have many uses. I suggest you read up on chicken before buying them. Also check your local laws. If you live in town you most likely aren't allowed to have chickens. As they are very noisy and at all hours.

Answer 7

You want chickens? Adopt! Find out how to build a henhouse and adopt some chicekns. Tremendous idea!
Here's a link for chickens:
http://search.petfinder.com/search/search.cgi?action=1&pet.Breed=Chicken&pet.Animal=Bird&exact=1&preview=1
Have at it!

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Well, technically they won't freeze necessarily but they may get REALLY REALLY cold. so you may want to figure some way to keep them warm

Answer 10

put them in a chicken coop. why on earth do you want chickens? smelly, dirty birds...