Got about another foot on Wednesday. Luckily I had finally gotten around to putting the new roof section over the run. Up until now, it was protected by an old tarp that got a little leaky when wet. Now it has a clear roof that should keep them dry while letting light through . . . unless it’s covered in snow.
Look at all that snow protection!
I still need to add one more support beam, but in the meantime, I just used a huge branch that came down in one of our earlier snowstorms.
Use what tools you have available.
Don’t forget, new Garden Guys episodes (featuring Too Many Chickens!) begin February 28th!
(While you think about it, take heart! Garden Guys is back on the interair February 28th. That means more Too Many Chickens! is just around the corner.)
Is everyone keeping their chickens warm in the Polar Vortex? Mine stay outside without any source of heat but themselves, and have been fine. The key is to have ventilation to keep the moisture from hanging around. I have had to bring one inside at night, since she seems to think molting in winter during a cold snap is a sensible thing to do. She should be all re-feathered shortly, and then can have sleepovers with her friends.
Came across this video today. I agree that maybe chickens aren’t as smart as dolphins or pigs, but sheesh, lighten up, Werner.
(Garden Guys will be back on the air late January/early February, and then you’ll get more new Too Many Chickens! posts. Hang tight!)
Well, not really. We got maybe 8 inches, way less than other parts of the state. It also drifted a lot, so it didn’t even build up on the coop roof that much.
Let the wind do your work for you!
The downside of the wind is that it blew snow directly into Boss Chicken’s hutch. Luckily, she wasn’t in there, since she comes in at night in the winter. The hutch doesn’t give enough protection for the cold temperatures.
Like a ski slope in your house!
(Garden Guys will return late January/early February, and that will bring more full length Too Many Chickens! posts. In the meantime, why not browse the archives?)
Soon, my pretties. January is just around the corner.
My audience awaits!
In other news, someone found this website by searching for “the dude is flying out of the coop and there’s something in my pants.” In the new year, I hope to address this pressing topic. Until then, my fellow chickenismos.
Boss Chicken decided to molt right when it got really cold, so I brought her inside. She’s out there by herself with no other chickens to keep her warm.
She lost a few feathers.
The bad cold snap has now passed, and she seems done molting, so I decided to put her back outside today. She was psyched.
She lives in here, since the other chickens will attack her due to her disability.
The red eye is actually a gleam of joy to be back outside.
(Garden Guys and Too Many Chickens! will be back in full in January.)
We got a reasonable snowfall last night. I had to dig out the run a little, and still they are very freaked out that it looks different. Luckily, they were finally lured out by the morning’s offering of yogurt.
That white stuff is “snow.”
Do you call it “snogurt” or “sno-yo?”
(Garden Guys returns to the air after New Year’s, so there will be new Too Many Chickens! episodes then).
Well, sometimes they are! Here’s one that someone left in the coop the other day.
That’s an egg alright. Doesn’t look so big to me.
Oh, well, when you put it that way, maybe.
It should maybe go out for basketball.
Makes my cloaca hurt just thinking about it.
(Reminder: Regular Too Many Chickens! installments will be back after the first of the year, when Garden Guys Green Revolution Radio returns from holiday hiatus.)
