Your Chicken's 1st Experience with Snow!!!

My chickens got their first feel of snow this weekend. They stayed outside and danced around.lol They are funny to watch.

 

we got about an inch on october 11th. they just walked outside, looked at the ground, and went about their daily business. they acted like some old experienced ladies. goofballs.

 

Apparently the snow that falls in Missouri eats chickens. Mine are SCARED TO DEATH of it. They will not venture out in it for nothing. They will stand in the pop door and look at it and if one gets pushed by the others trying to get a peek they fly to the fence and hang on until they can't any longer or fly to the day roost and then fly back to the pop door when the coast is clear.

 

I was cleaning my coop out today and when my dad and I were almost done with the nest boxes...... WHAM!!! BLIZZARD!!! All of the birds were in the run just crowding around the door thinking "Hmm... should I stay out in the cold blizzard... or go into some unfamiliar clean wood shavings?(we bought some from the store instead of getting it from our friend's). I tried putting them back in but they just flew right out! I finally got them locked up.


Oh and they like to eat it too

 

Brad mine are afraid of clean shavings too!! I thought my chickens were the only retarded ones. Mine actually stand in the pop door and fly to their roost, they won't touch it. By morning they forgot all about those chicken eating shavings and are happily scratching in them.

 

I wish we had snow! We have had some rain here and there but the girls just get under their tree and hang out until it stops or I decide it's too wet for them. Maybe I should take them to the snow! Anyone know how to build a "snow chicken"? LOL

 

Well 2 feet of snow was a bit more than mine could comprehend.
1/2 of them were fine. They went inside the new barn where a feeder has been set up. The other half sat atop the horses. Poor horses will need an extra brushing.