I had to dig my way through piles of snow this morning and through 4 foot high snowdrifts just to get to the chicken coops! The wind was so powerful last night it had cleared ALL the 16 inches of snow out of the chicken yard down to the grass, but piled all that snow up gainst the coop and feed doors in several giant snowdrifts!
I had a major job just letting the birds out.
Then, I thought my second chicken coop was nice and secure against the massive snowstorm we had but when I dug out the coop door and opened it to feed my special needs hen, the snow had blown up under the eaves and in thesmall crack at the top -- half of the coop was covered in an inch or two of snow including the roosts! My poor little hen had snow on her and wet feathers everywhere. She was still cackling though and I rushed her into my house and dried her off and let her get dry and warm. She's staying in here tonight (even though I think she's freaked out by the indoor surrounding (she's never been in a house before!). She's been preening and cooing all afternoon once she got dry so I think she likes it in here now. (Being hand fed and given treats doesn't hurt either).
The guineas went completely bonkers at all the snow... and havent' stopped chattering (loudly) all day. They just don't know what to do in snow. They were standing feathers backward in the wind, getting all ruffled up instead of turning around. Duh!
My other dedicated egg layers plowed through deep snow to get to their favorite nest (in the second coop) to lay. I am so proud of their egg-laying dedication!
Then, the neighbors big snowplow came through my lane and all the birds went bonkers because I"m sure they thought it was a giant loud snowmonster. The turkeys ran away and sank in all the snow till they found a little sheltered spot behind a big tree. I had to go round all of them up several times today!
Anyone else have to do some snow rescues?
Then, I thought my second chicken coop was nice and secure against the massive snowstorm we had but when I dug out the coop door and opened it to feed my special needs hen, the snow had blown up under the eaves and in thesmall crack at the top -- half of the coop was covered in an inch or two of snow including the roosts! My poor little hen had snow on her and wet feathers everywhere. She was still cackling though and I rushed her into my house and dried her off and let her get dry and warm. She's staying in here tonight (even though I think she's freaked out by the indoor surrounding (she's never been in a house before!). She's been preening and cooing all afternoon once she got dry so I think she likes it in here now. (Being hand fed and given treats doesn't hurt either).
The guineas went completely bonkers at all the snow... and havent' stopped chattering (loudly) all day. They just don't know what to do in snow. They were standing feathers backward in the wind, getting all ruffled up instead of turning around. Duh!
My other dedicated egg layers plowed through deep snow to get to their favorite nest (in the second coop) to lay. I am so proud of their egg-laying dedication!
Then, the neighbors big snowplow came through my lane and all the birds went bonkers because I"m sure they thought it was a giant loud snowmonster. The turkeys ran away and sank in all the snow till they found a little sheltered spot behind a big tree. I had to go round all of them up several times today!
Anyone else have to do some snow rescues?
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