Are you ready for winter? Not me, again....

[MysteryChicken]

I hate that heavy wet snow. It froze on my bird netting, filled up the netting with snow, and ripped off the bird netting from the fencing. No use to even try to fix it for a few days. Might have to wait until next spring as my chickens don't even bother to go outside in the snow.

I don't use bird netting, so I don't know what it's like to go through that.

 

[Sally PB]

--Polycarbonate roof on the original part of the run. check
--Leak sealed. Only some
--Tarp on the new part. check
--Shower curtains zip tied up. check
--Garden cleaned up. a very tiny partial bit of a check
--Leaves raked up. no where near; they just came down.
--Garage cleaned out for vehicles. Never has been before; why start now?
--Comfortable winter boots found. Nope.

Some of this I never ever even think of until it's uh-oh, where is it, like the boots.

 

[gtaus]

"Maybe next year" is pretty much my annual motto.

I hear you.

I started fall with a list

I should have done that. Maybe next year...?

Note to self: Buying heavy duty, clear tarps for the runs is a good thing. Putting them up would have been better.

Yeah, I have too many half completed projects myself. Best intentions, poor follow through, I guess.

 

[gtaus]

I don't use bird netting, so I don't know what it's like to go through that.

I live on a lake, and we have hawks and Bald Eagles overhead all the time. I can't free range my chickens without being certain of predator attack from above. So I have them in a chicken run with bird netting on top to protect them. Unfortunately, wet, heavy snow weighs down the netting and it ripped off the fencing.

 

[gtaus]

--Polycarbonate roof on the original part of the run. check

I have been thinking of upgrading part of my chicken run to put up a more permanent roof, but with our average snow loads, I know it will cost me $$$ to build it right. But it would be nice to have a polycarbonate roof on part of the chicken run right off the chicken coop.

 

[BleuSaphir]

I don’t like the cold or be in the snow (only enjoying a snow storm from inside the house)…but what I am bracing for to wear fashionable winter clothing! Eat lot of soup! And drink hot chocolate! LOL

 

[Sally PB]

I have been thinking of upgrading part of my chicken run to put up a more permanent roof, but with our average snow loads, I know it will cost me $$$ to build it right. But it would be nice to have a polycarbonate roof on part of the chicken run right off the chicken coop.

I hear ya! We don't get as much snow as you do, but we can get walloped at times, often with heavy, wet snow. The coop itself can take just about anything, I think. The original part of the run I can clear off easily with a push broom.

The addition is the weak part. It has less integral strength, less slope, and has a tarp over chicken wire for the roof. It is, however, under more tree cover, so that may help. I can clear it with the push broom too, just not as easily.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I live on a lake, and we have hawks and Bald Eagles overhead all the time. I can't free range my chickens without being certain of predator attack from above. So I have them in a chicken run with bird netting on top to protect them. Unfortunately, wet, heavy snow weighs down the netting and it ripped off the fencing.

We have hawks, & bald eagles in our area. The eagles leave our birds alone, the hawks, are occasionally attempting to get a bird.
I was busy putting pine needles in the chicken run, & a hawk swooped down, & smacked into the fence surrounding the standard coop, & flew off disappointed.

We did lose a Guinea earlier this year due to an unknown Raptor. I have the feeling it may have been a Kestrel, since it never flew off with the carcass.

 

[gtaus]

Eat lot of soup! And drink hot chocolate! LOL

Check, and check. Would like to add it's now the season to bake bread and make the house all nice and warm and smelling great.

 

[dawg53]

Check, and check. Would like to add it's now the season to bake bread and make the house all nice and warm and smelling great.

I dont know anything about snowblowers. But if it wont fire up for you, a shot of starter fluid in the carb intake will get it running.