The Abominable Snow Chicken!

[WilczenskiFarm]

Dude... you got some wierd a$$ chickens!!!! lol!! Mine won't wade through snow like yours!!!! Mine will walk on it if we walk/compress it first.
That is so funny - I love them!!!

 

[prairiepearls]

Kanthaka: they are adorable! I hope my chickens like snow when I get them!

 

[NeeleysAVLChicks]

hahaha, such a cute video!! gorgeous chickens you have there!!

 

[ErieSpurs]

Every time someone in the southern states is worried that it's too cold for their chickens, just link them to this thread

 

[Kanthaka]

Thanks all for the compliments on my crazy snow chickens! You're right ErieSpurs, I just read a post from someone in Miami who is worried about the cold!
I'm still not understanding why they're not huddling together in their nice warm, enclosed roost! I know they are hardy New England breeds but aren't chickens originally a tropical bird?

 

[Ridgerunner]

The first day mine would not venture in the snow. Now, they fly from the pop door to get over the snow right next to the coop, then walk back in the snow.

 

[Minniechickmama]

I was just going to post my little cold chicken story, then I saw this. So, here it is:
I am in SE Minnesota, and for those of you not watching the weather here, we are hoping to get back up to some positive temps here. We did manage to get a high of 10 yesterday, but the wind is blowing now and they are saying wind chills of -30. Now for you southern folks, it is cold. We live here, but you don't ever quite "get used to" -30. Our highs through the holidays were around -10. Yes, I said HIGHS! My chickens are in a small coop (4'X6'), 7 of them. When the temps were still in the positives around 10-20˚, they didn't want to come out to play, even though we left their little chickie door open for if they wanted to. I have a heat lamp inside just for them to feel some warmth. Mind you, these are 5 Dark Cornish standards (1-yr), an Australorp pullet and EE roo that are 18-weeks. They are doing great with no frostbite problems. But the other day when we had one of those -10 days, guess who came out to play in the snow? You got it, all of them were out aroun 3-4:00. Crazy Chickens! Our kids won't even go out and play when it is that cold. But there they were, scratching and walking around. They must have had cabin fever. Funnier still, guess who has started laying again? My Cornish did not lay for beans all summer and fall, but now I am getting eggs almost daily. So, is 20˚ too cold? I think not.

 

[OhioEggs]

i have to sprinkle sunflower seeds out there for them.

 

[garngang]

When our first snow came last week I was excited to see what my chickens would do. Usually when I first open the pop door in the mornings they all fly out like feathered banshees! It's hilarious. Well the first morning after the snow I opened up the door and like usual they tried to fly out like they were on fire but once the first couple flew out they turned right around in mid air and flew straight back into the coop. It was sooo funny! After that no one tried to follow suit for like 5 days! Yesterday they finally came outside to play.

 

[SOchick]

LOL! We got about 1/4 to 1/2 an inch here, and my 2 outside girls were fussing! They wanted nothing to do with it!