alet_chicken Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Mine love eating snow too, you'd think it's melt-in-the-mouth or something (sorry, couldn't help it!). Funnily enough, even the ones who would rather fly than set a foot in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracker57 Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Our Silkie Maxx is eating the snow too (and took a peck at it as well). It was a bit bizarre at first, but funny to watch. Pepsi the Wyandotte doesn't really like it. She took one peck at it, and scooted back into the coop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalin Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Our are utterly unimpressed!! They were hopping between bits without snow and skipping over it to get to bits of grain. 2 of them slipped down an icy area and looked like penguins. I had to clear them a path with boiling water in the end so they'd come outside! Much happier now it's gone, had a really joyous run around yesterday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Of the five girls only Gertie was brave enough to leave the cleared area and ventured onto the snow yesterday, then I had a real scare this morning as she was really limping. I picked her up and realised her feet were caked in bedding, they have bliss in the elgu and easibed in the run. Had to cut lots of it away although afterwards thought It might have been more sensible to soak it off in warm water? Hope it's not uncomfortable as the feathers regrow. She must have gone in with wet feet last night so I dried them with paper after their freetime today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MummyHen Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 My girls just don't like the snow I cleared a path, can't stand compacted snow, to make it easier to get from the house into the garden and down to the Chickens without falling over!!. Normally they're confined to the WIR during the bad weather but can FR whilst I'm changing water, adding new food, poo picking etc. But instead of being glad of the freedom they just kept to the path in single file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Bless them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skye Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Ahhhh they are braver than ours! Very cute! skye x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madchickenlady Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 We have a mere sprinkling, and my girls won't come out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Lovely to see them in those nice thick duvets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Aww they look so cute, mine are the opposite, don't seem to be fussed at all!! BTW - What breed are the 3/4 at the front? They look really soft & huggable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MummyHen Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 They are lovely girls From the front; Lemon Cuckoo Orpington, Buff Orpington, Lemon Cuckoo Orpington, Buff Orpington, Heritage Skyline, Fenning White, Mandlesham Blue and finally (although you probably missed her) the Gold Laced Orpington (she the black blob at the far end of the line - the photo isn't great) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 The girls wouldn't come out to play so the mad chicken lady played on her own. Check out the feet Bin liners to keep my feet dry because the snow was soooooooooooooo deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Mine have a clear tarp over their run so it's a snow free zone, when I left the run door open they all just stood on the threshold before turning tail and spending the day happily in the run with their sprout tree & corn. Paxo's still laying her egg every other day bless her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Mine were not too impressed yesterday. I had a big bag of leaves that I had collected but not yet emptied out so I emptied it all over one corner of their run. They had a whale of a time scratching around in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Millies Chicken Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 So far we have escaped the worst of the snow but the ground has been rock hard for weeks. I took pity on my three this morning and put them in the green house for a grood scratch around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandwhite Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Hi mine don't seem to mind it at all. Ebay (the one that was white) has a very muddy comb as I keep smothering it in Vaseline, not sure where she keeps finding the mud as we have had snow on the ground for two weeks. Phoebe has her lovely winter feathers. I decorated the run with plastic baubles most of which are now strewn around the garden. http://s928.photobucket.com/albums/ad130/blueandwhite_2010/?action=view¤t=Photo-0227.jpg http://s928.photobucket.com/albums/ad130/blueandwhite_2010/?action=view¤t=Photo-0222.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Looks like she could do with a bit of Persil to make her white again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Mine refuse to FR - I will clear a bit for them later but at present they give me scornful looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rhode Island Red Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 My chickens arn't too keen on the snow, they go out in the morning and eat loads of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 (edited) Mine have the eglu winter cover and clear tarp and although I opened their run door they stayed inside. I don't blame them either only mad chicken ladies and men go out in the snow. Edited December 19, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Mine don't like it when it is snowing, but don't mind scrubbaging around in the snow on a nice sunny day like today. They were all very keen on coming out, even the banties! I cannot think what they are finding to eat, or why they prefer it to a lovely dry run with plentiful Garvo food and treats, but they seem to like being out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapphichicks Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Hi interested in how all your chooks are doing. I have 6 ex batts. 3 Lucy, Boo and George are well established from May 10 but got 3 new ex batts mid November, unusually two Amber Links (Moon and Hannah) and one Colombian Blacktail (Shrek). Named by grandchildren. The blacktail looks similar to the other old hybrids and has fought her way to run with the old 3. The amber links are blondes. They are not in good shape and one is practically featherless and lost her back claw in first run of snow. Trying to integrate them has been hard in the snow. They did have separate house for a week then I put them together. Hannah at bottom of pecking order wont come out of roost in snow so I put water and food in then the other blonde joined her and started pecking her. So I brought Hannah into my conservatory where she sits happily with my two cats. Not sure what to do with her. She just gets chased and pecked while the others are quite robust. The other blonde has no tail feathers so cannot jump up to roost so I have to put her in each night. I let them go where they want and the 4 brown ones go out in the snow and dont seem at all bothered. I have a large wooden shed and leave the door open so they can wander in to get out of snow but they just run around in the snow most of the time. I have got cube with extension and have it completely covered to protect from snow and have filled ground with wood chips but they hate being shut in. They freerange in my garden all day until about 5pm. I am still getting 3 eggs a day. Any ideas about integrating them will be helpful. Thanks. Sapphichick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smackrell1 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I think its fine for chickens to eat bacon rind - after all what are worms, snails and insects if not meat? I grew up on a farm and the chickens happily ate anything they got their little beaks on! I have found mine fighting on the lawn over a dead mouse and a slow-worm - both of which were readily devoured and thoroughly enjoyed - the chickens were none the worse for their chosen delicasies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 The first time it snowed they were a bit dubious of the white stuff, but now they can't wait to get out and chase me and the corn jar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Well after what seams likes weeks of snow the girls decided to venture out although they did look like they were dancing at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
