What urban farmers need to know about keeping chickens in the winter:

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What urban farmers need to know about keeping chickens in the winter:

Gathering eggs in the snow (the cracked one is frozen). Every year, I dread the arrival of winter. When leaf-watchers get jazzed and back-to-school sales are in full psychotic swing, my nail-biting worsens; my stomach turns with every minute the sun sets earlier. This year, it was worse than usual. Since my joyful entrance into chicken-keeping last summer, the most frequently asked question I’ve heard has been: “But what happens in the winter?” “Oh,” I’d shrug, and say, as the farmer who sold us our six chickens had, “These birds are native to the Northeast. They’re fine, as long as their water doesn’t freeze.” Nonetheless, as the stupid earth continued to revolve around the stupid sun, my anxiety became more and more precise. I pictured myself shoveling a path through four feet of snow every morning towards the chicken coop in the frigid darkness to feed the hens and defr...

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@teamgreenpdx » 17 Feb '12, 7pm
how to keep your chicks happy in the winter [link]
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RT @AskUmbra: Shoutout to urban farmers - Here's some info on keeping city chickens in winter: [link]
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@CityTrellis » 11 Feb '12, 12am
Might be helpful for some of you! RT @grist Here's a guide to keeping chickens in the winter: [link]
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@nlalli uses rad phrases like "hot pink chicken scramble" MT @grist Keeping city chickens in the winter [link] cc @salmonsez
@grist » 10 Feb '12, 2am
Hey, all you urban farmers - Here's a guide to keeping chickens in the winter: [link]
@cathyerway » 10 Feb '12, 2am
@nlalli Great piece on keeping chickens over a bklyn winter [link] My hens survived last 2 winter blizzards just fine :)
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