Chicks and hens during the winter
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Janet Pizaro on Jan 04, 2016If they are the hardy Hens and Chicks there is no need to bring them inside.The are perennials conditioned to stay outside.Helpful Reply
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Patches on Jan 05, 2016It's been a very very long time since I had chickens! But unless the temps are below -10 I'd think they'll handle the cold. If you have a chicken coop/house you might want to insulate it if it goes below -15 but as I said, it's been a long time since i kept chickens.Helpful Reply
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Sandy Jackson on Jan 05, 2016Don't know where you are located. My aunt had a bucket of them on her front porch for years in the Kansas City, Mo area. No need to bring them in.Helpful Reply
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Patches on Jan 05, 2016Oh that's hilarious!!! I needed that laugh. I've heard of the plant of course but recent thoughts have been taken up with a friend and her addition of chickens to her organic efforts and the reference was pets & Animals, Homesteading.Helpful Reply
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Kim on Jan 05, 2016You guys are just too funny. I live in Ontario, Canada and you do not have to bring these plants inside.Helpful Reply
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Loretta on Jan 05, 2016Mine have been outside for years. Never had a problem with them.Helpful Reply
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Nat rostad on Jan 05, 2016I live in the mountains in B.C, and just really wanted to bring in 3 containers of Hens and Chicks to see what would happen. Jan. and they are sending out shoots like crazy, staying a lovely fresh green and keeping things cheerful against an incredibly deep ,but beautiful snowfall.Helpful Reply
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Jeannie Carle on Jan 05, 2016I live in NW Missouri and was given 10 of these plants. I wasn't familiar with their care and worried the first winter, as they're in a HUGE concrete planter and I can't move them. Welll, come spring, the hard freeze thawed, as did they, and on the 3rd winter the planter is so full I've been pulling them and giving them away. Reminds me of when, as a child, a "friend" gave me 5 guppies LMSO!Helpful Reply
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Buster Evans on Jan 05, 2016They can withstand the elements, however I usualy bring mine up on the porch out of direct frost etc and they have done well!Helpful Reply
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Hyacinth W on Jan 05, 2016I leave mine outside the color changes to a dark burgundy during the winter months.Helpful Reply
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Charlotte on Jan 05, 2016OMG, I thought you meant baby chickens and their moms. LOL After reading previous posts, I see I am not the only one.Helpful Reply
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Dee B on Jan 05, 2016I had these in cold New York. I mulched them but never moved them. They still came back every single year and multiplied like crazy no matter how cold. Amazing! Wish my mums here in Va. were that hardy. Now I give away the excess.Helpful Reply
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Grady on Jan 12, 2016I'd put a heater in the coop.Helpful Reply
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861650 on Jan 13, 2016I just gotta laugh. I thought you wanted to bring them in to your house. Immediately, I could vision them running around the living room or around your kitchen table. Then again, you could put them in the basement if you have one. It's so cold outside they might just jump in the bed with you.Helpful Reply
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