Anyway, the girls always have good reactions to snow, so I thought, why not? And I went out with the camera again. 
She's a brave one.)
These belong to the giant. You can't tell from this picture, obviously, but these prints were almost the size of my hand! She is fabulous after her molt, and she knows it! Look at that face!
My sweet Elly!
The girls seem fine, though. We're still on lockdown for the hawk, and with the weather, I may just keep them on lockdown until the spring.
I knew she was on her way out yesterday because she was in the same exact spot when I got home from class as before I left. She was shivering and tucking her face in her feathers, even though she was in my room at ~70 degrees. I set her up next to a heat plate on its side so that she could warm up a bit. By the time I went to bed a few hours later, she had passed. Donna was sitting by her like she always did, though she wasn't snuggled up against her like usual. She was pretty calm as I took Cordy's remains away, so she must have known what happened. I've never had winter chicks, but I figure I have them inside anyway--what's a few more? I may also let one of the Silkie girls outside have a couple eggs, since the three of them have been taking turns broodying. Might as well put them to work.
If her eggs are fertile, though, then I'm going to start gathering them up... 
I believe it's from having the coop open to the deck, allowing a cross breeze from the windows in the lower part of the coop and across the perch area. I'm thinking I'm either going to have to start closing the coop doors at night again or staple up some feed bags strategically to block the breeze from the perches. Anyway, Elly, Freema, and I had a nice sit down together and talked about the weather and how abused they are. Freema, like always, had many complaints. 
She laid an egg early this morning, and I will be setting that and the rest her eggs aside for the rest of the week! Little munchkins to come soon!!
We got a ton of snow today, and I know this because I broke my back getting it off tarps and such to prevent pens from collapsing. It's feeling like it's raining now, so tomorrow might get ugly. I have harp and I need to drop off the last of my homework, so I'll have to go into town in this. Hopefully it's not as bad as it seems like it will be... No pictures of her or her egg, but I did take a few pictures of the flock today during the snow storm, long before I even realized there was a new egg out there! I had shelter all set up for him, but he spent the morning standing on this crate by the deck, being slowly covered in snow. I set up another shelter by the deck, thinking he would use it because it was closer to the flock, but he still stood out in the snow all day. The big dummy! Oh, that sweet face! I love her eyes!
don't be broody!ha!
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I hope you and Donna feel better soon.
