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Originally Posted by Botnst
You major cost will be energy. Cold chickens don't produce and soon sicken.
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For the second winter that I have been raising chickens my hens have yet to read the book about egg production and cold weather. Currently, I have ten hens; three Araucanas, three Australorps, and four Black Sex Links. Even in single digit temperature I have yet to get less than six eggs. I have been averaging eight eggs per day this winter. But then I also spoil my hens. When I feed then in the evening I feed them peanuts while I set on a pail and drink an imperial stout (well actually, two).
