calling any one from missouri

[SueT]

We got about 4" snow...it's going to get above freezing. But there's a lot to melt. To the chickens, snow is Kryptonite ...

 

[jthornton]

I didn't even bother opening the door to the chicken yard, it takes them a few days to get used to snow.

JT

 

[shawluvsbirds]

 

[Bawkbok]

Snow is so beautiful and it blankets the earth in a quiet hush. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Snow is so beautiful and it blankets the earth in a quiet hush. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

It's simply beautiful.
Until it ain't
I hate the aftermath when it starts to melt and gets all tracked up and ugly.

 

[chiknGeek]

My chickens are still refusing to step onto the snow. I've spread a few flakes of straw around to entice them to come out of the coop.

 

[jthornton]

With only 2 hens left I don't even bother to open the chicken run door to the yard. I am having a real hard time keeping birds out of the run once they have discovered the chicken feed I have to keep the door closed then remove the food when I open the door.

JT

 

[Bawkbok]

Same problem here with song birds. When I open the run for them to range, I close it to deter birds and squirrels. Then when they want to go back to the run, they stand in front of the door. So I let them back in and always remove feed at night.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Flipping sparrows are eating me out of house and home here too. They go in my call duck enclosure and just eat rigjt along with the ducks. I had about 20 in there with them the day it snowed.

I thought They were getting in through the gap around the door. So I put a screen up over it. They are still getting in.
I checked the whole thing over for any other gaps. I didn't think there were because we went through and put new zip ties on everything when we added the other tarp for winter. I
Did not find any gaps. I have decided they are literally pushing themselves through that plastic coated chicken wire then sone of them eat so much they can't get back out lol
I would have never thought they could get through that wire.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Stupid auto correct. I spell "right" as "rigjt" once in a while to emphasize redneck speak. Now my phone likes to correct it to be spelled that a way.