What's your chickens reaction to snow?

[sybonbon]

The snow is melting away and I let my girls out to play. Lol can you tell they don't like snow??? How do your chickens do??

 

[cherrynberry]

@The-White-Elephant

 

[The-White-Elephant]

@The-White-Elephant

Thanks for the tag!

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I had one flock that I'd do flying contests with. Them birds would fly 80 ft. if it meant they wouldn't touch the snow. The finish line was their coop with the door wide open.

 

[The-White-Elephant]

The snow is melting away and I let my girls out to play. Lol can you tell they don't like snow??? How do your chickens do??

My chickens HATE it, and are scared of it! I forced one of my Cochins to go out and try, and she literally screamed as soon as she touched it

 

[The-White-Elephant]

I had one flock that I'd do flying contests with. Them birds would fly 80 ft. if it meant they wouldn't touch the snow. The finish line was their coop with the door wide open.

Mine tried too. Failed. All of them.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Mine tried too. Failed. All of them.

Not all of mine did. They flew the 80 feet.

I did have this one hen, that she tried, but she went down like a plane coming in for a landing. She literally slide in the snow a foot or two before coming to a stop. She was sooo close.

 

[The-White-Elephant]

Not all of mine did. They flew the 80 feet.

I did have this one hen, that she tried, but she went down like a plane coming in for a landing. She literally slide in the snow a foot or two before coming to a stop. She was sooo close.

Poor hen. She has been caught in the “white, mysterious cold, dangerous looking stuff”

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Poor hen. She has been caught in the “white, mysterious cold, dangerous looking stuff”

At the time, I had two white TSC Silkies in the flock, I figured they probably figured they did some serious molting or something.

 

[gtaus]

I live in northern Minnesota. My chickens will not leave their coop when there is snow on the ground in the chicken run. They self-confine themselves to their coop for about 4-5 months out of the year.

I knew this was a possibility before I even got my birds. So, I designed their coop to have almost 8 square feet per bird, about twice the normally recommended size of a coop. They basically live in the coop all winter.

Towards spring, when it warms up a bit but there is still snow on the ground, I will sprinkle a layer of leaves on top of the snow and then they will go outside and walk on the leaves - just up to the point of the snow line. I keep some bags of leaves in storage just for that. But we still have lots on winter ahead of us where I live, so it will be until about March before I take out the bags of leaves.