• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • Nancy Reading
  • John F Dean
  • paul wheaton
  • r ranson
  • Timothy Norton
  • Jay Angler
stewards:
  • Andrés Bernal
  • Pearl Sutton
  • Anne Miller
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
gardeners:
  • M Ljin
  • Jeremy VanGelder
  • thomas rubino

Winter Aviary? or Winter Free Range?

 
pioneer
Posts: 45
Location: Fair Grove Missouri
13
trees hunting chicken building sheep woodworking
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I've only ever has small flocks in urban settings that were in more permanent 'run' setups, now that I have land and am able to tractor and free range I realize i've never had to think about this.

For those of you that tractor/free range your chickens in 4 season climates. Do you have some sort of more permanent winter aviary that you keep poultry in during the winter? Or do you just continue to tractor/free range.  

What is your reasoning behind what you choose to do?
 
pollinator
Posts: 5754
Location: Bendigo , Australia
521
plumbing earthworks bee building homestead greening the desert
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
From;
the-definitive-guide-to-keeping-chickens-in-winter/
"During the winter you shouldn’t let your chickens free range: they should be kept in the coop/run area, and this is why it’s important that their run is ready for the wintertime.
The most important aspect of the run is to keep them safe from predators, but it should also help keep them warm."
 
If you live in a cold climate and on the grid, incandescent light can use less energy than LED. Tiny ad:
Rocket Mass Heater Resources Wiki
https://permies.com/w/rmh-resources
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic