Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[Lesley]

Looks like we're due to get just that tonight.......brrrrrrrrrrr

[The Dogmother]

It is really cold out there now - just went out to pull the cover over the front of the bunny hutch and it's bitter. I'm glad I moved them off the lawn and up by the house at the weekend.

[Cinnamon]

Theres a really sharp frost here this morning, & the grass is all crunchy underfoot, which I love.

 

Its my first day of freedom for a week,as Cleo is back at school at last,so I am having my hair hi lighted with copper & going shopping in Reading

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I saw a sun dog on Monday when I was on the bus to work. It was parallel to the sun.

 

Eh? Never ever heard of a sun dog. What is it?

[Egluntyne]

I saw a sun dog on Monday when I was on the bus to work. It was parallel to the sun.

 

Eh? Never ever heard of a sun dog. What is it?

 

A sort of rainbow effect cloud.

 

Summat to do with refraction of light through ice crystals.

[Snowy]

Gorgeous sunny, frosty morning here too! It was -2 degrees on the drive into work!

[Blackrocksrock]

Gosh you have it cold and we are not frosty up in north east scotland - nice morning but damp

[The Dogmother]

-3 here this mornign and I'm working from home as Rosie has a thick cold. I had to go into the office first thing to pick up soem stuff to work on and it was lovely walking throught he park - all was white, except for the copper beeches, which still have their leaves and were bathed in sunlight.

 

We had a post from Lesley a while ago showing asun dog/parhelion she saw - they are caused by ice crystals in high clouds refracting the sunlight and happen mostly in the winter when the sun is lower. Just google parhelion and you'll see plenty of photos.

[Lesley]

This is a sun-dog/parhelion

[lisa33]

BBC website says it will be -6oC in Hitchin tonight.

 

BBBBBBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[The Dogmother]

It's clouding up here now, but there's still frost in the shade

[Ain't Nobody Here]

No frost, no snow, no wind, no rain - just sunshine (Don't worry, we'll get it all in buckets before long, I'm sure )

[Egluntyne]

Absolutely beautiful here today.

 

Bloomin' cold first thing though. Had to crack a layer of ice off the hens water first thing.

[Christian]

Expecting minus 5 tonight

[Chicken Licken]

Can we rename the thread? winter is officially here. It was -3 here last night and below freezing already. This morning the poor chookie girls water was frozen solid and so was the egg port (they had still managed to lay 2 lovely eggs). I think it will be chilly again tonight and I have the school minibus at home (think of the size of windscreent to defrost before returning it in the morning)

[Christian]

Minus 5.3 this morning.

 

Just been out across the frosty veggie garden and its beautiful out there!

[Lesley]

I think it must be that here as well today - I've just popped over to check on the quail........... I think I'll have to start getting dressed first

[Egluntyne]

No frost here at all this morning.

 

Damp and dank though.

[Helen&Lee]

Its -5 here too, the journey into work was absolutely beautiful.

Downside is now we are at work our unit doesn't do much in the line of heating - sometimes its warmer out in the yard

Needless to say I'm dressed like the Mitchelin woman today...

 

Helen

[Lesley]

So am I now Helen!

 

It looks like a Christmas Card out here this morning - beautiful. The sun is just coming up over the hedge.

[Charlottechicken]

Very still here, about -3, we have had a really hard frost as all the water in the garden is frozen solid However, it doesn't feel that cold out Off to Redditch on the train today, should be a really pretty journey!

[Jules.]

We had mega frost yesterday- had to defrost the car. None today.

[The Dogmother]

I forgot to check the thermometer this morning, but it must've been -3 or below, very beautiful though and frosty.

 

Chick was standing on tiptoes and crowing this morning; lovely sound, but glad that he's going off back to the farm tomorrow - the neighbours have already mentioned it. I shall miss him though - he's a handsome chap if a little feisty.

[Jules.]

Are you having a leaving 'do' for Chick?

[The Dogmother]

A sort of rooster party? No, but I'm not looking forward to boxing him up tomorrow at the crack of dawn he's a feisty little beggar and has legs on him like roadrunner! I plan to grab him out through the eggport first thing, but to have the landing net handy in case he decides to make a break for the border. The only way to ctach him is to grab his legs out from under him; if you get him upside down, he''s far more manageable. I'll try to remember to get some photos of him at lunchtime.