LOL nothing better than the big kid trying to hide under mom's skirt when fully grown! That is a great visual. Yes, night time is a total process! Lots of bargaining. My favorites are the hens who go to bed early to try and get the "prime" spots up top only to get booted off when the others come in, something akin to "thanks for keeping my seat warm now beat it".
We are outside Portland Oregon where rain is a permanent fixture - snow storms happen now and again - but last year was a huge ice event that left us without grid power for 8.5 days. The ice storm went for 4 days and I had to lock everyone in (poor birdies) because there was so much ice, ice falling from huge fir trees, entire trees breaking and falling, you couldn't go more than 90 seconds without hearing something come down for a solid 3 days. Day 1 wasn't too bad. And while the net stands up well to almost anything, the sheer weight of the accumulated ice made it dangerous to be under. Thankfully easy to repair!
Edited to add, this is what it's supposed to look like with the net up on the poles.
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Fortunately when we moved here we got a propane generator - we are absolutely last priority to the power company in a low population rural area. The prior record was 3 days when we lived closer in to town, and watched all the subdivisions across the road get their power restored in hours - it was a good lesson before moving farther out.
