Snow Day: Front Field

We woke up to six inches of snow this morning.  It's by far the most snow we've had in the ten years I've lived here.

Barack is excited to see us.

The chickens didn't know what to think.  Some of them didn't want to come out.  The others attempted to fly over the snow.  Although quite a few of them are excellent vertical flyers, none of them are too skilled at horizontal flying.  There were a lot of wipe-outs.

"Nope, not coming out."

We made Snackman the Snowman for Barack O'Llama.  All of the accessories are things he generally likes to eat, like peanuts, carrots, and pine tree twigs.  He, however, was not terribly impressed.

Maybe he should have been llama-shaped...

Sandy was the first ewe out of the barn this morning.  She has a bit more experience than the other ewes with this kind of thing.  The others followed cautiously. 

Sandy, the leader of the flock.

Elvira wasn't far behind.

Henrietta had a little bit more trouble getting around than some of the bigger girls, but she managed to come running for peanuts.

Henrietta: speedy sheep.

They all eat snow.  (The snow goatees make it obvious.)

Elvira, Filly, & Elsie.  Filly is sporting a snow goatee.

But Elvira and Peanut preferred clean snow.

Yum.