Chickens + snow

I was quite amused by mine yesterday morning, they normally come tumbling out when I open the door in the morning, yesterday it was like "here we go, yay...hang on..erm, what is that stuff, no way am I walking on that!" Eventually one or two plucked up the courage to fly over to a snow free perch, where they surveyed things from for a bit. A few hours later the older ones were wandering about OK in it, the younger ones were not so keen.

coops tend to concentrate drafts which is where the problem can occur however an all round air flow without obstructions is fine, like what thrift has and what my tree dwellers have

Had six inches of snow overnight here on Sunday and even though they are in a covered run, the chickens awoke to three inches of snow covering their run space! Needless to say they were not impressed at their first encounter with the white stuff. They stayed firmly within the coop, popping their heads out every few mins to check things out until their bellies got the better of them and they ventured out. We had cleared as much snow as we could to the side of the run and cleared their raised perches and they seemed to cope ok. They didn't appear to have drunk much over the day but I think they were munching on snow instead. This morning they came out of the coop as normal despite the snow and have been treated to some winter sunshine to brighten their day. We also had a full house on the egg front as well!