Chickens are winter’s true entertainment. In spite of the fact that cows would really prefer to be cold than hot, they seem to spend most of the winter lying down, standing up and looking cold. The chickens however, don’t seem to give a shit. I put a heat light in their coop when it is very cold (less than 10) but I don’t ever catch them basking under it. Maybe it really just makes me feel better. The chickens run around, making nests in the straw, looking for tasty bits of anything that got over looked the first time (mmmm … beets). They see how many chickens can fit in a nest box (4 is the most I’ve seen). And they hide their eggs. You might not think that there are lots of places to hide an egg in a chicken coop that’s 8X8 square, but they do a good job. Behind the grain bag, under the feeder, hidden in the straw (I haven’t stepped on one yet). They run outside to eat some snow and then run back inside and seem to generally have a good time. They are almost as entertaining as watching curling!
Here are some interesting old video clips about chickens wearing glasses:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x29GWpHFFkQ (an actual newsreel from 1947 about this)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCTnrsaUY2g (a clip from "What's my line" involving chickens wearing glasses)
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