We are Negative 15, and the sun is shining. Down taking care of my girls and out of the wind, in the sun, kind of pleasant, so a pause a bit to watch them.
There is a young pullet, standing on one leg, the other tucked up under her, and she stands like this for quite a while, and it looks like she has a piece of ice on her toe. She has the foot tucked up under her. Then stretches it out, and really it looks like a LOT of ice. So I go back into the run, to see if I can catch her. She stands there, then gives a shake, and the ice is gone and she runs off.
I think she must have stepped in the water, then on the splinters of ice, I had knocked out of the water bowl and one stuck to her foot. But chickens put out a lot of heat, and just as I walking towards her, I saw a drop of water fall. At -20, the ice held close to her body, but not inside the feathers, was melting.
They make a lot of heat.
Mrs K
There is a young pullet, standing on one leg, the other tucked up under her, and she stands like this for quite a while, and it looks like she has a piece of ice on her toe. She has the foot tucked up under her. Then stretches it out, and really it looks like a LOT of ice. So I go back into the run, to see if I can catch her. She stands there, then gives a shake, and the ice is gone and she runs off.
I think she must have stepped in the water, then on the splinters of ice, I had knocked out of the water bowl and one stuck to her foot. But chickens put out a lot of heat, and just as I walking towards her, I saw a drop of water fall. At -20, the ice held close to her body, but not inside the feathers, was melting.
They make a lot of heat.
Mrs K