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New Mexico weather can be intense! This summer we were really dry, so the chickens didn't get much rain to play in. Only once did it rain hard enough to make them run for their house and once it rained long and slow enough for them to look like really wet chickens. I worry about the summer storms, because almost every year we get damaging hail. It can easily be enough to kill a chicken and sometimes big enough to kill a person. A few years ago the hail was so bad it defoliated all the trees, it looked like the dead of winter. The fruit trees re-bloomed in August just like it was spring again! Many, many damage claims to insurance agencies for cars and home roofs. I keep an eye on the weather and if a really bad storm is headed our way I try to get the girls back in the pen with treats, it doesn't always work though. The alternative is they take shelter under the oak trees.
New Mexico weather can be intense! This summer we were really dry, so the chickens didn't get much rain to play in. Only once did it rain hard enough to make them run for their house and once it rained long and slow enough for them to look like really wet chickens. I worry about the summer storms, because almost every year we get damaging hail. It can easily be enough to kill a chicken and sometimes big enough to kill a person. A few years ago the hail was so bad it defoliated all the trees, it looked like the dead of winter. The fruit trees re-bloomed in August just like it was spring again! Many, many damage claims to insurance agencies for cars and home roofs. I keep an eye on the weather and if a really bad storm is headed our way I try to get the girls back in the pen with treats, it doesn't always work though. The alternative is they take shelter under the oak trees.
