This week, Buttercup started laying! Now 100% of the hens are laying eggs and we get 3-4 eggs every day. Woot!
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| Ben collected eggs on that auspicious day. |
This week the chickens also had their first real experience with snow, and I don't think they liked it. They walked in it a bit, with Dixie venturing pretty far from the coop, and the others mostly huddling in the bushes by the house when they were not sheltered by the roof of the run.
Since their water has been freezing when temperatures dip down into the 20s overnight, Ben found a water heater for them so that the chickens don't have to try to figure out how to drink ice.
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| Cute chicken tracks in the snow, with the water heater in the background. |
Just a few days after the snow, the weather warmed up and the kids were back outside in short sleeves.
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| It's always fun to bring the chickens treats - today it was Craisins. |
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