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What is your goal? Trying to keep the chickens off the snow is futile, IMO. As long as they have a place to get off of it, in your case in or under the coop, they will be fine. Anything you put into the run will layer with more snow and eventually all 'melt' together.

Yes. What is their regular feed..brand with protein and calcium percentage? All females.....are they laying?

You don't have to get it all, just shovel/scrape off most of it. Don't give them warm food...they aren't humans....and the steam from the hot food can cause condensation on their face skin, or they step in it and get their feet wet. They just need a good chicken ration and thawed water. The...

Check when the temp is below freezing....if it's not frozen it's dry. I shovel part of the run so there's always some snow free areas to walk around on, as well as the area under the coop. Adding more bedding isn't going to make shoveling any easier, tho I do spread a thin layer shavings or...

If it stays dry, I doubt it's frozen......how it's worked here, they can dust bathe under that all year round.

Thanks, was thinking the same. Looks like 'dirty toe' to me. @cluckmecoop7 they look OK to me. Can your birds get underneath the coop for a dry place to scratch and dust bathe?