#damnitscold — Public Fediverse posts on home.social

The arctic outflow is hitting hard tonight in my area. My hens have a small-ish safe-pen attached to their hen house that I built after the bob cat attack. It is completely enclosed with a roof. Yesterday we attached greenhouse plastic around the pen to stop the wind from blowing in through the cracks of the hen house and give them a safe place to peck around out of the wind during the day.
I'm so glad we did that as the winds are brutal tonight. The wind chill factor is almost 10 degrees colder than the actual temp. I don't know if the bees will survive but I've done what I can for them. As for the hens, I put extra straw in their house, and gave them some wheat this afternoon to peck in addition to their layer pellets.

They also have a heated water thing inside that gives off a tiny amount of heat. The hen house is big enough with ventilation along the eves so humidity is not a problem. But even with their fluffy coats, I would not want to be a chicken tonight.
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