Life Transplanet » First Snow http://www.lifetransplanet.com Colorado, Puerto Rico and life elsewhere on the planet. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:28:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Winter in Greeley – Already! http://www.lifetransplanet.com/2009/10/10/winter-in-greeley/ http://www.lifetransplanet.com/2009/10/10/winter-in-greeley/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:15:24 +0000 Britton http://www.lifetransplanet.com/?p=1893 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.

greenhouse snow

It was funny because the chickens were all asleep, but when they woke up they had been magically transported.
Chickens and snow

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.

Chicken coop in Greenhouse with Kitty
With Kitty on top of the chicken coop inside the greenhouse

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