Well, just when I thought I'd seen it all, our Dellie pullets gave me a surprise at lock-up time last night. It's been raining here on and off for 10 days. What 3-4 days we had without rain, the temp never got above 35* and the ground stayed frozen. The past 2 days were in the upper 50s, everything thawed but is a muddy mess. I took the opportuntiy to muck out the coops yesterday and put down a clean layer of deep pine shavings. (Merry Christmas, girlies!)
I guess the Dellies just couldn't take the weather and mud any longer. When I went to lock them up at 5:30, they were in their section of the breeding coop, dust bathing in the fresh dry shavings! What a wonderful giggle they gave me.
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I just LOVE that 'chick squad' pic!