Chicken Keeping in the Winter
Keeping chickens in this cold weather is not fun. The last few days have been extremely cold with biting winds. I need to dress in layers to attend to my morning chores. This being our maiden winter, I’m concerned with how the hens are faring. I release them in the morning. They jump out of the house with their usual vigor, attack their morning tray of leftover vegetables and greens. A strong wind comes through and they fly about a bit. Settle down, cluck, cluck cluck…go back to eating.
And, (where I live) it hasn’t even snowed yet.