Do chickens like snow?

[Dixiedoodle]

None of my girls liked walking in the deep snow but they sure pecked /picked at it --the little bits that accumulated in the edges of their run!

 

[Wendy'sChicksRock]

Thank you everyone, Now I have an idea about how things work in the winter. We can get a lot of snow here in Mi.Ill just try to keep their run free of as much snow as I can and hope for the best. We also plan on covering the sides ( about the bbottom 2 ft ) of the run with wood so they wind cant get em...

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

I live in MI too and my chickens did not like the snow at all last year. I always gave them the opportunity to free range but they would not leave the coop.

 

[chicks4kids]

My chickens would follow behind the kids when they were rolling snowballs for snowmen--that way they would get to the grass and not have to walk in the snow. Othere than that, they didn't want anything to do with the snow

 

[WoodlandWoman]

That's a very cute picture!

 

[bigoakhunter]

There is another key to getting them to go out in cold snowy weather....Besides the covered run. That would be the heavy visceen / plastic stapled to the north and west sides of the run. This keeps the prevailing snow out of run. I am enclosing a pic where you can see the coop and roofed run behind it. It shows the west side with visceen stapled to keep snow out. I had to learn this the hard way. Had one coop with a roof but no plastic stapled up and the strong winds with snowstorms would blow deep snow into run. Hope this helps,

Dave

 

[woodmort]

The only thing they like about the snow is when I come into the coop with it on my boots they love to pick at it. Sometimes I'll even toss a snowball to them just to watch them work on it. As far as going out in it--no.