i live in vermont and want to raise chickens, is it possible with cold weather?

no! they will die! i live in texas, and my mom...i dunno why she likes to have chickens as pets, during winter times...I feel sorry for them!

I live in Montana and our winters are about the same as Vermont winters (more or less) and our chickens do just fine. They'll need a shelter, of course. We just have a small shed with a window and we use a big heat lamp during the winter.

Our biggest problem is just the predators. Make sure they're well protected!

First of all, there are cold hardy breeds which are better suited to northern climates.

Second, provide an insulated house with plenty of pine shavings and no drafts. They only need supplemental heat when it's 10o or below. They need to adjust to the cold on their own. They will need to go outside during the winter, so if it very warm in the chicken house, they won't be able to be outside. And if the power went out, they could not tolerate the cold if they haven't been acclimated to it.

Good luck, chickies are awesome!

there are certain breeds that are made for cold weather. I like the idea about the heated coops, but if you get a certain breed of chicken for the cold, you will only need it in the winter.

Yes -make sure you have a heat source in coop for birds during winter months get peeps during spring or summer and they need to learn to return to coop at nite but they do well if cared for right

confident they are able to, my grandparents and that i stay in Montana that's heavily freezing each and every of the time. We had chickens that did alright! you may desire to make certain to construct them a chicken coup so as that they are able to stay heat..:) And placed a pole that runs to as quickly as facet to the different so as that they are able to take a seat down up there, additionally make little cubicles lined with straw or hay that they are able to take a seat down in to place their eggs or you will in simple terms locate them laying around everywhere lol Oh and that i'm particularly confident having a minimum of one hen facilitates too. wish this facilitates :) Sorry I didnt examine the entire question, yet confident as long as a number of those issues are completed your chickens would be in simple terms high quality :))

Of course it is. You need to provide a heated chicken coop for winters.