It's going to snow tomorrow. Everyone in Durham is freaking out because the news says 8-10" of accumulation. Our painters have been powerwashing for three days to try and get a jumpstart on the job. It's moving at about the rate I should expect. We're about 4/5 done with the wash, then they will go over everything again and treat the wood to prevent sap leeching through the stain, and even out the weathering that already exists.
The chickens have been in a tizzy since the painters have been here because usually when I'm out I let them out, so they see people and can't figure out why they are still penned. Thus, one has found out that she can fly up onto the coop and they it's a short hop over the extended fence. :: sigh :: I put her back in 5 times today then just locked them in the coop. But they cried (squawked) for about 20 minutes and I gave up. Not 10 minutes later, the one was out on the coop and over the wall... So I just let them both out. I'm trying to keep an eye on them so they don't go to "the zone of death" out by the azaleas... which are now cleaned up so there's not the false sense of shelter.
Once it gets near dusk, hopefully they'll make their way back into the pen.
Once this weather clears, I'm totally going to shore up the fencing.
Friday, January 29, 2010
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Out of curiosity... how do you winterize a chicken? I think I've heard that the big chicken corporations have heating and a/c, but do you do that if you have a small, personal coop? ...or do they just hunker down with natural insulation of feathers, etc.? ...or do you bring them inside?
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