Chickens and Snow

[Broody_Mama]

Still new to keeping chickens, but we got eight back in March and they are thriving! Given how short and cold the days are now, I keep expecting them to stop laying - but they don't seem to be slowing down much yet.

The other night we got about 6 inches of snow. I wasn't sure how my girls would react the following morning, so I decided to take some pictures as they came out of the coop. This was the result:

Don't mind my lame humor

They immediately turned around and went back in! haha

So, yeah, they were wildly unimpressed and wouldn't go off the porch for a few days until the snow melted down.

Will they ever start to like it, or will they forever despise?

 

[pameladru]

Still new to keeping chickens, but we got eight back in March and they are thriving! Given how short and cold the days are now, I keep expecting them to stop laying - but they don't seem to be slowing down much yet.

The other night we got about 6 inches of snow. I wasn't sure how my girls would react the following morning, so I decided to take some pictures as they came out of the coop. This was the result:

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Don't mind my lame humor

They immediately turned around and went back in! haha

So, yeah, they were wildly unimpressed and wouldn't go off the porch for a few days until the snow melted down.

Will they ever start to like it, or will they forever despise?

Ha!! We put down straw so they can walk on it and keep their feet off the extreme cold..we woke up to 5 degrees this a.m. and my girls are out there scratching away (I'm still in by the fire..better get to feeding). Happy Winter!

 

[CanadaEh]

yup, mine will hang out on the cleaned out deck and won't step into the snow

 

[Broody_Mama]

Ha!! We put down straw so they can walk on it and keep their feet off the extreme cold..we woke up to 5 degrees this a.m. and my girls are out there scratching away (I'm still in by the fire..better get to feeding). Happy Winter!

Do your chickens not just eat all of the straw? I accidentally left a straw broom out in the run for a week and came back to a nub! I just use pine shavings.

 

[Ducksandchickens]

Mine hate the snow. They won’t go out unless I’m out there with food. My chickens have a relatively large coop for the 2 of them so they are fine

 

[LlamaGirl4]

Still new to keeping chickens, but we got eight back in March and they are thriving! Given how short and cold the days are now, I keep expecting them to stop laying - but they don't seem to be slowing down much yet.

The other night we got about 6 inches of snow. I wasn't sure how my girls would react the following morning, so I decided to take some pictures as they came out of the coop. This was the result:

View attachment 1595097

Don't mind my lame humor

They immediately turned around and went back in! haha

So, yeah, they were wildly unimpressed and wouldn't go off the porch for a few days until the snow melted down.

Will they ever start to like it, or will they forever despise?

My one rooster doesn’t dislike the snow but he isn’t making snow angels either. He isn’t afraid of the snow like my other roo. If my brave roo goes out then about 30 ish hens will follow. In my experience if one chicken is braver then the others will follow suit

 

[CanadaEh]

My one rooster doesn’t dislike the snow but he isn’t making snow angels either.

one of mine roosters does

 

[GC-Raptor]

My first Flock is on their third winter and they love and hate snow.
We got our first snow of the season recently and I had to shovel a path to a favorite hangout when I let them Freerange. The snow was less than a couple of inches.

So they hate to walk on it. But they love to eat it.

GC

 

[pameladru]

Do your chickens not just eat all of the straw? I accidentally left a straw broom out in the run for a week and came back to a nub! I just use pine shavings.

The straw eventually gets eaten or just ground down and then we add more; the stemmy straw is best as it lasts much longer than the fine straw bales.

 

[Summerbirds]

It Snowed here too,my hens will walk on it to get somewere but need spots to stand on that does not have snow.
My one hen walks on it in a vary funny way.