Today was the first day of accumulating snow at the Kuegler mini-farm.  We had a dusting of snow a few weeks ago, but today we received three or four inches of cold, fluffy snow. . .which apparently was not as exciting for our chickens as it was our children.

Normally when we open the coop door in the morning, there is a lot of pushing and shoving among the chickens to be the first one outside.  Today, after one chicken ran down the ramp and one flew off the ramp into the snow, the others decided to stay in their home.  The kids even opened the big side door to show offer some brussel sprouts to the chickens but to no avail.

The two chickens that went outside immediately went under the house where there was almost no snow.  Throughout the morning I checked on our feathered friends, but they seemed quite content to stay in their coop.  Obviously, snow is not their thing.

As you can see from our photos, they were more than happy to look at the snow, but they had no need to frolic in it.

What is this white stuff?

Notice the feet of the chicken hiding under the coop!