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[ChrisEllis]

I have decided - its the first snow day i wish the schol wouldnt have as its our talent show and i dont want to miss it, but theres another show i dont want to miss -

 

Its my chickens first snow day i decided that once i wake up and have put their food out and put their water out wiht its little heater underneath (tin sand and tealight) that i will then set up a camera and video and take some pictures and videos of their first movements in the snow - i heard they quite enjoy it form some people would love to see other poeple pictures

[Valkyrie]

Last time it snowed here my girls made it half way up the garden and whinged because they didn't like it. They also decided that no way were they going back through it to the run - I had to pick them up and carry them!

 

 

This was before it got really deep.

Oh dear it's too small - will have to pounce on Photobucket later - you can just see the buff Orpie. The others blend in with the background behind her!

[ChrisEllis]

lol great photo, nice to know someone is up reading the forum half my school is still awake so im all good although i swear we heard a tree branch crunch in our garden - not good

Edited December 18, 2009 by Guest

[Laura & CTB]

My older two hated it last time it snowed and refused to come out of the run until I'd swept a path for them

 

It'll be interesting to see what the new girls think of it all.

 

Would love to see piccies of other peoples chooks playing in the snow though

[ChrisEllis]

just went outside

had to pen the roof and bang the door out because it had frozen - the polands ventured out but catuiously and the silkies are so slow walking like snails in a group of 3

[cavysqueak]

Yippee! I love snow days!

 

However, my girls don't!!! They have complained and complained and they wouldn't venture out of their run, even though I'd put mealworms out!

 

Then Holly of them decided to follow me up the garden ... but she wouldn't go into their food 'patch' as it was full of fresh snow! Then Henrietta followed us & decided she was brave enough. So she started tucking in to the mealworms in the snow. Holly was then frantically calling under her breath, but she was still too scared to go in. I'm afraid that I was naughty & gave her a small push, which made her step into the food area. She gve a little squawk & then started to tuck into the mealworms!

 

Here's hoping that Chickens have a short memory, otherwise I may not be getting a hug from Holly later! But she enjoyed the mealworms and they are now investigating the new white garden!

 

Merry Christmas to all & Happy Snow Day!

[Gelbel]

Well I am leaving behind 3 very unhappy girls, (I really thought Joy, and perhaps Rita, would like the snow) as I escape the tundra of the north for the positively balmy climate of the west country for the weekend.

 

I did a bit of a 'weekend' clean and just left the run door open while I did it - they took some very tentative steps out to the edge of their open run, would not go into the garden and ran boking right back into the coop and jumped up on to their perch to watch it all - NEVER happened before!

 

I shall remind them of that next time I want to get them in, in a hurry.

 

Sorry no photos - bit too busy as I dig the car out and fill it up with all the Christmas pressies (and eggs for brekkies) but we had about 2" and it's coming down again.

[Patricia W]

I'm in Oxfordshire and ( so far) we don't have much snow- just a sprinkling. But what we do have is a biting easterly wind. It's so cold that Phillip hasn't crowed at all this morning. They all came out for some food, and have now gone back to the coop where they're either inside or huddled in the doorway, all puffed up.

 

They look very fed up! ( I'm soooo tempted to invite them in - but that's going too far- isn't it??????)

 

Tricia

[Daphne]

We've had a proper dump of snow, and although all my big girls have seen snow before, the cockeral possibly hasn't. He wouldn't go out at all, preferring to stay indoors and crow - this meant all the girls stayed with him (?) which surprised me. I thought hunger would overcome flock behaviour. As "Ooops, word censored!"ody had had anything to eat by 11.00 I had to put their food in their house. At 14.00 they came out for an hour (snow had melted a bit) but at 15.05 back to bed!

[Pikey]

Am jealous theres not a sign of snow in Bristol

 

Mine didn't mind the snow last year .......it was just another layer to uncover to get to the grass etc underneath.

 

Even the ex-batts had a little wander around

[Plum]

I've posted some pics of my girls in the snow last year on this thread

 

http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=56397&p=841380#p841380

[Tutti Frutti]

I've posted here http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=55442&start=165 with pics of the ex-barnies and my hybrids but all four seemed very happy to get out and about this afternoon, as the WIR was quite dark (but snug - like an igloo!) with 4 inches of snow on the perspex roof! The young'uns just scratched around in the snow to see what was underneath - and the ex-barnies did what they've always done and just tried to eat it! Not once but again and again It was like they thought someone had iced the garden just for them

 

Only three out of four of them in this photo - it was hard to get them all to stand still

 

[Scramble]

Lovely photos

 

I want to know how you all even get your chickens to walk on snow!

 

Yolko stepped on it once, fell over...and then expected to be carried around the garden to snow free areas of her choice

[atsw]

I also took pictures of my girls back in February. Click *** here *** to view.

 

Back then my part of Oxfordshire had some of the deepest snow, this time it's hardly any . Still, might get a little more tonight .

 

Andrew

[ChrisEllis]

lol i wanted mine to eat and drink so i picked them up and put them out of their cop and closed the door - five minutes later i saw them eating food whilst being deep in snow and then a few hours later i opened their door and they all stayed on top of the roof and then jumped down and didnt even go inside as if there wasnt any snow!

[Cranfield Kate]

just read chrisellis' first post here about the water warmer (tea light in sand) and what a BRILLIANT IDEA! I've just been talking to my husband about how to keep the water unfrozen (sent him to get glycerine and then read the postings on glycerin - oops) so this was a timely find. brilliant plan ChrisEllis.

[ChrisEllis]

just read chrisellis' first post here about the water warmer (tea light in sand) and what a BRILLIANT IDEA! I've just been talking to my husband about how to keep the water unfrozen (sent him to get glycerine and then read the postings on glycerin - oops) so this was a timely find. brilliant plan ChrisEllis.

 

Lol i would start saying oh yes i am amazing - but it wasn;t my iea i have to admit i have read it a few times on this forum - i put warmish water in their dirnker this morning and i forgot to get the tin and tea lights out and i went to look at it earlier and its frozen - not happy. poor chicks must be freezing and i tihnk my polands have got a cold because they are sneezing

[-sarahjayne]

my girls didn't like the snow too much. Infact, they protested very loudly

 

 

 

 

But both my dogs really enjoyed themselves

 

and so did I, but shh