Lots of snow this morning...

It was still snow when I got up at 6:40 am
looks like we got about 6-7 inches (some places 8)

Taken at 6:45 am

Time to feed the chickens... they HATE the snow :(

They dont want to come out, dont really blame em
some are under the coop too, lol

Charlie was being brave or just very hungry, lol
(From my Sept. hatch)

Another one from my Sept. hatch gettin some scratch

Chicken Noodle watching over some of his girls
Hes a good rooster

2 chickies from my Nov. hatch

A Buff and Sally Sue checking out the snow...

Sally Sue gettin brave...

"Cock a doodle dooooo"

Now this was too funny! He flew off that roost, landed in the snow and was stuck!
I had to go pick his mean lil butt up

So Beautiful... but some mean!

Pretty...

* Brian went out and shoveled some of the run for me (and the chickens)

Its Snowing...

It started snowing itty, bitty, teeny, weeny snow flakes today around 3ish...

Taken at 4:45 pm

We got about an inch right now...
taken at 5:58 pm

Taken at 5:38 pm

Taken at 9:30 pm

Cant wait to see how much there is in the morning!

We want to play with our new sleds and make snow cream!!!
WOOHOOOOOOO

Hummm... I dont think the chickies are going to be to happy about this!

Free Eggs...

(these eggs are from Sunday and Monday)

Well all of us Chicken People know they are NOT FREE...

1st - You have to spend whatever amount of money you want to build the coop and the run

2nd - You have to buy the chicks (or if you luck like me your uncle/aunt will get you started)

3rd - You have to have a broader, heat lamp and chickie food for months

4th - You have to actually buy chicken feed every week...
(* I spend around $22.00 a week for about 40ish chickens)

5th - You have to buy bedding for your coop and nest boxes every couple of months...

Then before you know it you'll have to buy more chicks or hatch some of your own to feed your Chickie addiction, lol and then you'll need to add on to your Chicken coop and run

Now dont get me wrong I ♥ my chickens and their eggs
I just dont understand why some people say... Oh you get free eggs when I say I have chickens cause they are far from free but they sure do taste good! I pray I never have to go back to eating store bought eggs... YUCK!

Keeping Warm...

Snuggle Time...

Lazy Daisy (4 years) and Hanky Doodles (4 months) enjoying the warmth together.

I really wish we had a wood burning stove, thats where I would be sitting all the time with my latest crochet project and the dogs would be right beside me :) Maybe though the years I can talk Brian into us getting one, it would come in pretty handy if we ever got snowed in again... like we did last January with The Ice Storm

Just another rainy day...

Rain Rain Go Away
Come again another day
Little chickies want to play

Its been raining for 2 days now! I'm sick of it and I know the chickies are sick of it... the run turns into mud and thats just no fun for any of us, I'm thinking we need to figure out a better plan for the run and mud problem... this was our 1st coop/run so its an ongoing learning experience

We Need Spring...

Good Night Chickies...

It was so nice here today, got up to 50 degrees! The snow is melting, the birds are singing, I hope Spring is on its way! The chickens loved all the sun shine today and stayed out in the run. So since it was so nice out thought I'd better take advantage of it and clean the coop of all the poo! I cleaned out the nest boxes and put down some nice clean wood shavings. The coop is all purtty... but it wont last long!

(thought I'd better take some pics. while its clean)

Chicken Noodle with some of his girls, sleeping in the run

Sept. chickies roosting

Momma with Nov. chickies

I woke them up...

Then they had to be nosy and see what I was doing...

Dont think Momma is too happy, lol

Momma trying to get her chickies back to bed...

Big Daddy with all his girls, hes got alot

Chipmunk sleeping by herself tonight

Sally Sue with his girls

Good Night

Got 10 eggs today :)

We lost a chickie...

I was thinking something yesterday when I went out to visit the chickens, I wasnt out there very long but I did notice one was missing and I was hoping it was just snuggled up with another chicken somewhere under the coop...

But when I went out today I still didnt see it. It was one of the Easter Egger/ OEGB chickies. So I'm guessing a hawk came down and got it... its very sad but sometimes that happens. One day I do plan on us putting a net over the run so that wont happen. I'm hopping we wont lose anymore. We lost one of our Sept. chickies this way too when they were little.

Me and My Chickies...

Was hanging out in the coop today with my chickies...
Kaylin came out and snapped some pics. The Nov. chickies are starting to be really friendly, they will fly up and sit with me to get warm.

The Chickens Do Not Like Snow...

We got snow last night...

It was still snowing around 7:00 this morning when I went out to feed the chickens and give them unfrozen water and there were NO chickens in the run... very unusual! Some of the chickens started to wonder out when they heard me coming. But most of them stayed inside the coop away from the white stuff, lol. I put food and water inside the coop for them.

The gave us 12 eggs today

3 of our Sept. chickies

"Chicken foot prints"

Where did all the Chickens go?