>only feeds you for a half of the yearwhat is the winter equivalent of chicken
>>2850945Pullets.Theyll continue laying through winter that first year. We start hatching in late winter and continue through spring for birds to take to market and then hatch in late summer to have a fresh batch of layers for the winter.
>>2850945A heat lamp that gives them more light and encourages laying.
>>2850945a spring chicken. the hens i hatched out this spring started laying a month ago. the pump out an egg every day
>>2850945Adding supplemental light in the warm white spectrum will keep hens laying through the winter. They need at least 14 hours of light or they'll turn off egg production. Keeping them laying year round will shorten their lives however. I suggest having enough hens that you can save eggs for winter. Water glassing works great and can preserve eggs for a year or more. You can also crack them into molds and freeze them. You just have to get into the habit of planning ahead and moving them to the fridge to thaw before you can use them.
>>2850945Chickenssee >>2850958I never had issue with my chickens in winter even when water would freeze and we eventually had to get it heated
>>2850945duck
>>2850945penguin, I guess.
>>2850945We had an old fashioned stone root cellar on our property that was leftover from the original 1690 farm. The only mod my dad did on it was make a thick wooden door that was more of a plug that would hold it shut and keep vermin out. So when I was a kid we kept our potatoes, carrots, beets, and squash in it over winter. We grew so much that about 2/3s went in for winter, which was perfect because we ate that shit everyday in the bleak months.By around February or March if we were lucky the root cellar was empty and suddenly we were eating Campbell's bullshit and Spaghetti-Os.Anyway, for me the winter food-of-plenty was in the root cellar. Pic related but not the same one.
