Armageddon of Snow

An Armageddon of snow (2 inches on the grass, slush on the roads) hit Portland last night. Our first (and likely only snow) this year. We have closed everything to celebrate (officially schools are closed for safety).

Our kids have had no problem figuring out what to do. In fact, friends were calling our house at 7:30 this morning. They have been outside all morning making the best of it.

Our chickens, on the other hand, are not so sure about all this white stuff.

Posted by Nathan, 2/24/2011

No luck mixing chickens

We decided to separate our two groups of chickens. The older ones just picked on the younger ones too much. Our Blue Andalusian named Dorian got the worst of it. You can see the blood on her comb in the picture below.




Our youngest boy wrote this note to tell Dorian that we are sorry.



Here is a video clip of the big chickens doing what we hoped they would do under the trees; looking for bugs. They have been very active scratching and pecking. Hope it helps the fruit this summer.



Posted by Nathan 2/2/2011