Chicken bald back

[sarahphe]

My husband says that i spoil our girls and i have to admit i'm starting to agree. Since the weather changed i have starting filling 2 empty wine bottle with hot water and wrapping them in foil then placing them in the girls house so that when they go to bed theyre nice and warm. he says they have feathers for a reason and wont get cold, however charlie seems to get a cold in the wet weather and i was concerned she would become ill if we didnt keep her warm. i just wondered if anyone else's chickens were quite as pampered as ours! i'm sure im not the only mad one out there! please reassure me and tell me im not crazy lol

[Plum]

It's not really cold yet so I would be careful. They will start off warm, maybe too hot but then will be colder later. You might cause them to lose feathers to cool down. Having said that people used warmers in the snow last year.

 

Sorry not much help but I wouldn't do it.

[Redwing]

Draughts and going to bed damp will have a much bigger affect on your hens health than cold

 

They are wearing duvets after all

[sarahphe]

i havent put bottles in for the past few night but last week when it was getting down to about 5C i thought i would. i dont think its making it hot just warming it up but i hadnt considered that it could cause them to moult! i might hold off until i gets 'properly' cold

[sandyhas3chucks]

then when it is really freezing many people use snugglesafes they heat up in microwave and stay warm for 12 hours gradually loosing heat.

to answer one questions no yours are not the only ones spoilt

[sarahphe]

to answer one questions no yours are not the only ones spoilt

 

I'm glad to hear it

[sandyhas3chucks]

personally I would bever spoil mine.

belive that and you'd be mad

[Plum]

to answer one questions no yours are not the only ones spoilt

 

This is the woman who sleeps with her chickens

[Leicester_H]

This is the woman who sleeps with her chickens

 

Explain please !

H

[Plum]

Sandy had a really poorly chicken she was worried about and took it into the house and slept with it. If I remember rightly she managed to nurse it round. True devotion.

[sandyhas3chucks]

correct.

She had dreadful sour crop due to a blockage and was break dancing and gurgling.

She did indeed recover for approx a month and something(probably egg )got stuck again, and crop went sour and did not respond to treatment from vet even though treated at start. Sadly PTS just before Easter...

A very special girl she was too

Have 8 now...

def NOT spoilt

but no one has had a sleep over ......yet..... or not needed one......

[chelsea]

When we had the really cold/snowy weather in February we did put 2 snuggle safes into the cube.

 

I only would use them if it was very very cold though.

[Brian P]

I never have warmed the eglu not even in the realy cold weather. Not to say I do not spoil them though.

[Lewis]

We don't put anything special in to warm them up and they're always been fine

 

The door is left open a lot of the time so they can come out at whatever time they like, but when its really cold we do shut them up.