10/24/2026
🐣❄️ Winter Babies Make Springtime Layers! 🌻🥚
Call me crazy, but I actually PREFER raising chicks during our Florida winters instead of spring! 🤣🐥
Now, before anyone says, “But you live in Florida, you don’t have REAL winters!” Let me remind you that the last TWO years we’ve gotten SNOW! Yes, actual SNOW! The white fluffy stuff that falls out of the sky! IN FLORIDA! 🤣❄️
But hear me out, because there’s a method to my chicken madness!
🥚 Springtime Eggs! By hatching in the fall and winter, my girls have a head start on growing up! Depending on the breed and hatch date, some are ready to start laying when spring arrives and daylight hours increase!
☀️ Goodbye, Summer Heat! Florida summers are no joke! I’d much rather provide supplemental heat during winter than battle triple-digit heat indexes and humidity while raising tiny babies!
🐓 Bigger Birds by Summer! When that brutal Florida heat rolls around, my winter babies are already older, fully feathered, and better equipped to handle the temperatures.
🪰 Fewer Bugs! One of my favorite perks! Cooler weather usually means fewer flies and other pesky insects hanging around the brooders and coops.
🌷 A Head Start on the Season! While everyone else is picking out their spring chicks, I’m watching my winter babies grow into beautiful young pullets and cockerels!
Of course, raising chicks during winter means keeping those brooders warm, dry, and draft-free, especially when Mother Nature decides Florida needs another surprise snowstorm! 😂
For me, the benefits outweigh the extra winter preparations. Plus, let’s be serious… is there EVER a bad time to have fluffy little chicks running around?! 🐣❤️
💬 What about y’all? Are you Team Winter Babies ❄️ or Team Spring Chicks 🌷?
🌻 Rivers End Coop & Kitchen, LLC
📍 DeFuniak Springs, Florida
