Stranded!

Backyard Poultry

Nighttime Dilema

Ahem...one detail we overlooked…. The tarp made the chicken house drastically darker. The window under that tarp is its only light source. Cover it up and the whole house gets dark at least several hours earlier. Which means the chickens must come in that much earlier or they can’t see to roost! Well, as you can see in this picture, they were taken by surprise and have gone to the place with the most light—the outside run—in the cold wind and snowflakes! I had to take a flashlight in to get them inside that night.
Oh well...it's back to the old drawing board!