Reaction to first snow

[LaurelRidgeDreams]

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What a beautiful picture!! What breed is the chicken with the dark head?

 

[Happy Chooks]

We got a really heavy snowfall last December. I wanted to see how the girls would do in the snow, so I grabbed my victim, my light brahma. Our snow is usually really compacted, so I didn't think much of it. I went to put her down on the snow (softly of course) and let go. The snow was nothing but powder and she instantly sunk a foot down. I picked her back up and put her back in the coop, and man was she ticked!

 

[abhaya]

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[libertychicken]

Thank you, Laurel! That's Ariana, my beauty queen. I think she's beautiful too! The farmer I bought my girls from says they're Auracanas (3 of them), but from my reading here I wouldn't doubt they're just EEs. They lay blue eggs. Behind her is my one BO, Judy.

 

[LaurelRidgeDreams]

Today was day two of snow adventures for our pullets. They went out in the snow and scratched around but when a big gust of wind came and the snow was flying, they ran back into the coop as fast as they could.

 

[Tdub4chiks]

This afternoon, I took out some warm oatmeal with apple & raisins for the girls. Only 2 would go out into the pen to get their treat. I wanted to clean their coop & freshen food & water. Well, it was when I threw in some wild birdseed and scratch, that the other two went out. The funny part is that I have plastic on the West & North sides of the pen, so there was no snow it there. I guess they didn't even want to look at the white stuff. I don't blame them. I froze my butt waiting for them to go out so I could shut the pop door & do my chores. lol