Zach123
Songster
I measured anywhere from 3in to over 3ft depending on where I measured from last weeks storm. I think I mentioned our wind somewhere in one of my previous posts... overall I think our official total was just shy of two feet. The worst part is it was followed by cold, cloudy days. It was -9 when I woke up either Wednesday or Thursday morning and we didn’t see the sun until Sunday. I think this is storm number 3-4 for us and single digit, or below zero overnight temps have been commonplace since the middle of October (the folks in Denver of course are a solid 20 degrees warmer than we are. Went down to my mom’s place Sunday night and when I left my house it was 7 degrees and when I got hers it was 30...). To think we’ve still got 5 more months of winter and it’s shaping up to be one like we haven’t seen on the Front Range in a while. Wishing I still lived in Phoenix right about now.
Treats seem to help encourage the birds to tolerate snow quite a bit better than they normally do. Butternut squash was on sale the other day so I got a couple of those and a couple heads of cabbage and chopped them up and put them out in run for them. I think only 2-3 of them stubbornly refused to set foot on the snow. I also put their “flock block” in the coop with them so as they have something to peck at besides each other when they are stuck indoors. I also switched out their fountain waterer with a hanging nipple waterer (the fountain in the coop with them turned into a disgusting mess pretty quickly so I had to try something different. The new “toy” also helped keep them busy and somewhat entertained. I think when they refuse to go outside (and I can’t say as I blame them for that) enrichment helps cure their restlessness and cabin fever.
Treats seem to help encourage the birds to tolerate snow quite a bit better than they normally do. Butternut squash was on sale the other day so I got a couple of those and a couple heads of cabbage and chopped them up and put them out in run for them. I think only 2-3 of them stubbornly refused to set foot on the snow. I also put their “flock block” in the coop with them so as they have something to peck at besides each other when they are stuck indoors. I also switched out their fountain waterer with a hanging nipple waterer (the fountain in the coop with them turned into a disgusting mess pretty quickly so I had to try something different. The new “toy” also helped keep them busy and somewhat entertained. I think when they refuse to go outside (and I can’t say as I blame them for that) enrichment helps cure their restlessness and cabin fever.
