for three days now, we've had ice/snow that fell the first night, but it won't get above freezing to thaw it out - so it's slick as snot & hard as a brick. us Texans aren't too used to that. my chickens haven't gone out once. I open the door of their coop into the rest of the hoop house which gives them expanded indoor space when the weather is bad. they haven't stuck their head out in three days. they're plowing through the feed. they graze over about three acres usually & don't need any feed to speak of typically.
since there is ice on all the trees, grass, and vines, the goats don't have anything to graze on. these animals are eating me out of house and home. I'm having to go out about three times a day to break the ice on their water.
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