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[centrarchid]

I take covers off when extreme snow occurs. Covers shifted to side providing wind break.

 

[roosterhavoc]

I take covers off when extreme snow occurs. Covers shifted to side providing wind break.

i leave the roofs on they need protection from ft of snow piling up on them. I nonconcur with you

 

[centrarchid]

Two foot plus snow events are easier to deal without roof in pen. Experience based.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Two foot plus snow events are easier to deal without roof in pen. Experience based.

Do a look back through my photos and you'll see recent experience based with over 3 ft of snow just last year. Roofs did just fine. Come on you gotta be kidding me

 

[centrarchid]

Try without once.

 

[sdm111]

Do a look back through my photos and you'll see recent experience based with over 3 ft of snow just last year. Roofs did just fine. Come on you gotta be kidding me

you sir, are just being disagreeable. Can u not see 5' snow 4' tall pen, come on

 

[B123]

I love the pic of the dogs with the birds here's one for u guys

Nice, are those Cemani's?

 

[roosterhavoc]

you sir, are just being disagreeable. Can u not see 5' snow 4' tall pen, come on

ive had a rough day and now have to go to a kiddie Christmas party so I'm not in the best of moods. There may be cookies though.

 

[centrarchid]

Heavy snow coming down itself not an issue for me. Birds literally shirk it off. Blizzard conditions that often follow can be more problematic if pens get drifted over and with that my 4.5' pens are sometimes not tall enough. What I do with blizzard snow is have so wind block sets up so wind scours pen of snow making for a bare spot. That means birds are in relatively extreme wind but adults in good feather handle is just fine. The biggest problem I have had to deal with following a heavy snow events is it does not get cold enough when birds are directly below a roof. The warm snow evaporates then condenses on roof where it saturates air in the pen, even if it is largely open. This can get bird wet. Open air allows moisture to drift away. Feeding also requires an adjustment where I switch over to only coarse grain for a few days or even switch over to dropping in chunks of wetted feed. Water not needed as birds get plenty just pecking at snow.

I have had some hens roost in deep snows on the ground which shows they have another trick of adjusting on their own.

More than once my birds have gone for nearly two weeks without actually touching ground, They do some things to compensate that will surprise you.

 

[centrarchid]

If you want a tough day, try going to doc to find out you and your kids all got strep. For the second time in a season.