- Nov 15, 2012
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My birds have forgotten what snow looks like. I went to open the coop and a bunch tried to beat the rush by running out the human door. I have a double door system one door to the chicken area then a door 4 feet further to the outside. I have been leaving the outside door open to try and get rid of moisture for the last week.
The chickens have learned they can run by me and out the human door and beat the rush for the little chicken door. Today about half of them ran by me, got to the outside door and stopped. WHITE stuff on the ground, how scary! They were afraid to go out, finally one EE flew out the door landed about 10 feet out and had that "Oh, poop" look on her face as she was surrounded by white. I cannot believe the forgot snow already.
The only smart ones were my CX's they waddled out with no trouble and started looking for food and begging..
Minnie you're going to confuse the poor kid!! Besides I am way closer to Big Lake than you are.....And I raised my offer to 2 dozen eggs...
Wouldn't it be great to get a coop cleaned for eggs! ( a simple little dream that gives me much pleasure)
haha, my birds did a similar stunt. Opened the chicken door and they started trying to squeeze several birds through at the same time, but the first bird there was my bantam cochin who is the widest bird and she saw the snow and stopped dead in her tracks blocking the door. The rest of the birds couldn't see the snow yet and kept pushing, finally pushing her out into the run and they all spilled out into the snow. There wasn't much cause I have a cover on it, but some did blow in through the parts of the sides that is open. They were most particularly mad that the wetness from the past couple days caused the ground to be completely rock solid frozen. They are out there right now trying to peck bits of scratch out of the ice. I guess it will keep them busy for a while.