So funny, I had an extensive negotiation with my husband about giving my chickens access to the garage. It started out that he was ok with it when the temperatures were consistently below 0, even in the daytime. The garage isn't heated or anything, but a little more protected from the wind than...
I wonder if folks could weigh in on the issue of wet straw getting moldy? I have the same question- I'm dealing with a flooded out run, and have three "ruined" bales of straw I could open to try to absorb it. But if they were walking on wet straw for a couple of weeks, is that as much of a...
Snowing again here today. About half the girls trudged out through the snow and headed right into my garage (their refuge in really bad weather).
Two walked out of the coop, and as soon as their feet touched the snowy ground, shot up in the air as though their feet had been electrocuted :)...
I have one Golden Laced Wyandotte who will only fly over it to get from her run to the "comfort" of my garage on days when there is a lot piled up. Hanging out in the garage:
The rest don't seem to mind much though, they'll go out and track through it to get to their favorite scratching...