Won't be a problem long. One of my neighbors just lost all her chickens in one night a few days ago.
I've had them roost in trees before. You don't notice one missing per day until several are gone. Next day there are no chickens at all left in the morning.
I just wouldn't let them out until you can get them under control. Up to you, if it worked so far it might work a little while longer. Yes, Leghorns can fly quite well, and are rather nervous, might be more aware at night. But it's a bad time of year. Temps are up after a hard couple of weeks, and anything moving around is very hungry.
Good luck catching them!!
Smiles,
Diane S.
----- Original Message -----From: Ray DrouillardSent: Monday, January 13, 2014 8:42 PMSubject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Chickens in the cold
Our chickens were perching in the trees and on the porch rail even when the temperature went down way below zero. They are pretty tough birds.
We have a trampled path through the snow from our driveway to our door. Once in a while, in the evening, I would see something big fly past my window and be gone before I could take a good look. Just a few days ago, I got a better look. It turns out that the chickens fly a good 50 feet from the path to the pine trees. Yes, some chickens CAN fly. I suspect that it's kind of like sprinting would be to us, so they only do it when they need to. Still, they like to roost twenty or thirty feet up in the trees. The trees are often covered with snow, but they like to roost near the trunk.
By the way, the hen I saw flying was a leghorn. A few years ago, it was an americauna that took panicked flight when I was using the snow blower. I have seen pretty much all of the breeds flying up twenty or more feet to roost in a tree.
As it is now, all of our chickens are free range because no pen will hold them. We would need to get one with a covered top.
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