Not impressed!

@Fleura (34956)
United Kingdom
January 23, 2019 4:28am CST
Yesterday morning the weather was lovely; a bit chilly but the sun was shining, I had some errands to do so spent a couple of hours cycling around, taking the scenic route along the river. As I was heading home the sky started to look a bit greyer, as though rain or something might be on the way. I got home just in time, because shortly afterwards it started to sleet, and then to snow quite hard. Not pretty little snowflakes either, but great big wet splodges of snow. In no time the ground was covered with a couple of inches. Then we have had a frosty night. This morning the temperatures are just above freezing so it won’t last much longer but at the moment everything still looks very picturesque and wintry. The chickens do not appreciate it though. When I opened the door of their run (which is covered) this morning to allow them out they didn’t look at all impressed! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2019.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502251)
• Italy
23 Jan 19
Chicken are smarter than we think, I would also stay inside. It is very cold here today.
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Fleur
@Fleura (34956)
• United Kingdom
24 Jan 19
Indeed they are. There is an interesting review here if you are feeling like some intellectual reading!
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-016-1064-4
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-016-1064-4
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502251)
• Italy
24 Jan 19
@Fleura Thank you for the link, I am surely going to read this. I had a pet mallard duck when I was a kid and he was sweet and lovely.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381931)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 19
It doesn't look like it would be much fun for a chicken in that kind of environment.
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Fleur
@Fleura (34956)
• United Kingdom
23 Jan 19
Usually they can't wait to get out, but not today! They did eventually venture though. At least it isn't raining, they really hate that even more!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381931)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 19
@Fleura Yes. Chickens aren't good in the rain.
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DianneN
@DianneN (254949)
• United States
23 Jan 19
I wouldn’t be impressed either. I am so done with snow!
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Fleur
@Fleura (34956)
• United Kingdom
24 Jan 19
This is all we've had this winter so far. But you never know - wintry weather seems to be moving forward through the season here.
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DianneN
@DianneN (254949)
• United States
24 Jan 19
@Fleura Take it one day at a time. Before you know it, it will be Spring!
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21503)
• London, England
24 Jan 19
Yes, the moggie decided she wasn't going out in the snow and was mainly curled up in front of the fire
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Fleur
@Fleura (34956)
• United Kingdom
24 Jan 19
Cats are funny in snow aren't they? They gingerly put one paw down, and then shake it to get rid of the horrible stuff!
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21503)
• London, England
25 Jan 19
@Fleura I could tell it was mild yesterday evening as she went out and refused to come in until she was good and ready!
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
11 Feb 19
@Fleura So glad you got home before the weather started to do its thing out there.
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Fleur
@Fleura (34956)
• United Kingdom
11 Feb 19
Yes I definitely got the best of it!
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
12 Feb 19
@Fleura You certainly made it just right before it started getting bad.
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ARM
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
23 Jan 19
Not interested in building snow hens
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Fleur
@Fleura (34956)
• United Kingdom
23 Jan 19
No, definitely not. Nor making 'angels' either, even though they'd be able to make good wings!
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ARM
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
23 Jan 19
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changjiangzhibin89
@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
23 Jan 19
I seems that you have heavy snow there.Deep snow makes it difficult for chickens to look for food,so they are ungrateful.
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Hate2Iron
@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
25 Jan 19
And I don't blame them even a little bit lol!! I can almost imagine what they are saying to each other!! lol
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238284)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jan 19
They look like they're rather watch the snow than play in it.
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Jan 19
The chickens don't want to go out in that weather.
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Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
23 Jan 19
No they don't look like the are likin' the snow. They can't decide if they really want to get out of their run or not.
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Simone
@Janet357 (75638)
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23 Jan 19
Are they your pet or they are for laying?
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Fleur
@Fleura (34956)
• United Kingdom
23 Jan 19
Both really.