To my surprise Dandelion is coping well with this latest cold spell. I really expected her to have eye bubbles again but so far she is fine. Although her comb is very pale Apricot also has a pale comb and Dandelion’s face is a good red colour.
Dandelion this morning
The next three nights and following days are going to be the coldest yet. We are forecast minus five or six degrees for the next three nights and barely above freezing during the day.
I am ready to put the girls back on tylan if I see any bubbles in Dandelion’s eyes. I feel that if she can come safely through the next three days she will probably be in the clear.
I think the girls are coping with cold but dry weather better than the earlier cold but damp or wet weather. We have been having sunshine despite the cold and the girls make the most of sitting in the sun although today there have been light snow flurries.
The girls haven’t been spending as much time in the shelters as earlier in the year. I have to trust that they know best and that they will be okay. I will be very relieved to come out the other side of this cold spell.
I will be out early defrosting the water for the next three mornings. The girls are also going to bed a bit earlier which again is a sign that they know best. Before the cold spell they were going in at quarter past five but now they are in by five o’clock.
I think we will all be glad when we get into some warmer weather. I really hope this cold spell is the last of it for this year. It’s felt like a long, cold, winter.
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Really good to hear 🙂
So far so good, fingers crossed.
Good to hear they are keeping well, We will all be glad when this is over.
All our lovely spring flowers, that are out early, looking sad.
You are right, we will all be glad when this is over. The garden has come to a standstill. I think the squirrels have had our crocus as there are hardly any, not that they would flower in these conditions.
I’m getting cheesed off with winter now! Our hens’ water was frozen this morning (1st time this year) when I let them out. I had to put a bowl down for them and go to work. I worried about them all day because it’s been so cold. I rang Himself really early from work and he told me they huddled together a lot today but they were fine.
I’m so happy that your little chooks are still well.
Tx
This has been a long hard winter. I have had frozen water many times this year. Chickens do pretty well in cold conditions though. I worry about my little girls because they originate from a hot country but even so they are managing it okay. I will be so glad when this cold spell is over though. Roll on spring.