Snow Day December 2016

We received snow on a really cold day.  The clucks are NOT happy with this.  The cold is no big deal, but the snow was distressing for them.  I had to throw hay on top of the snow so that they would come out to eat and drink. However, they were not convinced this was good, so I had to entice them with a scoop of cracked corn.  We have the water warmer under each water fountain for them so that they don't have to deal with icy water.  After seeing the cracked corn on a little paper plate, they ventured onto the hay and are getting nourished and, perhaps, a little exercise too.  The snow is super dry powder and with the wind that we had, a lot of the snow drifted.  Here are a few pix of what little bit of snow that we have for the day and the chickens finally coming out of the coops. 

Cute bird snow prints	Little bird looking for food
Little Bird Prints in the Snow
The Orloffs out in the Pen	Orloffs standing on the hay
The Russian Orloff Pen/Coop
The Coops in the Snow
Welsummer finally venturing out
The Welsummer Pen/Coop