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    Chickens who HATE snow?

    Consider pallets! We had ice, then goopy mud when it melted, so I put down wooden pallets for us humans to walk on our paths through the yard, sort of like a boardwalk. Then it dawned on me to place pallets around the coop to give our girls and boy a place to walk with firm footing. If snow or...
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    Chickens who HATE snow?

    On the morning right after a snowfall, our birds don't venture out willingly. But with incentives they will, as long as they don't sink into the snow. Dustings are no big deal. In this pic, several inches of sleet had hardened into almost a glacier, but a little snow on top made it OK for...
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    Chickens who HATE snow?

    Mine don't like snow, but they gradually get used to it. I always have to shovel out an area where they can see a little bare ground — even a couple of times a day. If the snow stays deep and fluffy, they won't walk in it. But if the snow gets a hard crust on top, they'll walk all over it, and a...
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