Well it’s officially the first snow and it’s only October! Cassie and I moved the chicken coop -with the chickens inside of it- into the greenhouse last night. The wind had picked up and the temperature was dropping. Good thing we did because this morning it would have been much harder to move the coop in the snow.
It was funny because the chickens were all asleep, but when they woke up they had been magically transported.
As long as you keep chickens dry and out of the wind they can withstand some really cold temperatures (last year -20 and things were ok). So moving them into the greenhouse affords them quite a bit of protection. When it is sunny, the greenhouse can be 20-30 degrees warmer even in the middle of winter. Tomorrow its supposed to be back up in the 50’s and most of this snow will melt away and the chickens will be extra toasty.
With Kitty on top of the chicken coop inside the greenhouse
When I saw weather dip to 17 low high 26 (last week)in Denver I couldn’t believe it. With the El Nino condition this winter, we are in for a cold wet one (not talking about beer here!). The temp. today in Santa Barbara is 61 degrees which is almost the same as here in Cedar City 57 degrees. We haven’t had any snow, just rain, and it was cold last week, but nice this week. Lots of fall colors. Larry was in the yard yesterday taking out the garden and getting the drain spouts ready for the rain we are expecting today. Since we are skiers we welcome the snow, but still miss wearing shorts every day! Can’t have everything in one place at once I guess.