Sorry you fell, I really hate walking on the ice. When its icy here I have to throw ashes from the stove out, makes good footing but the the floors are a mess.
I hope you don't get the ice either, so dangerous. Is six inches of snow a lot for you down there? They said by the time it gets up here we might get a foot of snow, but we get that pretty regular up here.
If you want to go off the trails, you have to wear snowshoes after the snow is a foot deep or so. The trails get packed down so you can walk ok. We don't use the old wooden type, now they are made of aluminum with neoprene or plastic to stand on. They have metal spikes on the toes and heels to...
We have a big area shoveled for the chickens
When it first snowed we got about 14 inches, the poor chickens jumped in it and just laid there with their wings out, I had to pick them up and move them till we shoveled them out. I'm surprised how cold-hardy the Sumatras are, they've slept outside...
We have about 2 feet of snow on the ground here. It's been so cold, barely getting above zero during the day. Tonight the wind is blowing really hard, I just went to check on the birds and they are inside the coop! I'm surprised, they've only gone inside one other night, they like to sleep out...
Thank you for looking at them championsumatra! Being a newbie its hard to figure out which one is closest to the standard overall. I need to get better pictures.