I fed them their favorite organic mealworms this evening. It was a gorgeous day but EXTREMELY windy! 20 to 30 mph winds with 50 mph gusts. 😳 My face feels wind burned.
I like to sit in a chair in my backyard on nice days & hang out with my flock and bring them out a snack. Today, I wasn't able to spend quality time outside but I did sprinkle their favorite organic snacks as I went to do my daily coop cleaning.
It was 0°F with a wind chill of -23°F on the 22nd & that night it was -4.9°F in the coop all night. It was colder than that by a degree or 2 outside the coop without the wind chill. 3 of my 11 ladies spent the day under the deck & we had bales of straw up for wind block around the deck. 1 of...