Winter Wonderland

With the arctic blast this week came a lovely spray of white rarely seen here in central Texas. We woke up to about an inch of snow yesterday. The girls did great and really didn't notice the big difference in the landscape. I think they were just happy that the temps were warmer and they could venture out of their hen house. Today the weather is warm, sunny with a high of 60. Once again.......crazy weather.

The other morning when I was leaving to go to work, I looked back to the coop and noticed a huge raccoon the size of a Labrador retriever. He was walking in the back behind the coop.  Its amazing what happens when it snows. Tracks that were once concealed revealed that we have a huge raccoon who likes to cruise around the whole yard, around the coop, to the front yard, back to the coop. This morning, I went and scoped out the area around the coop and didn't see any digging or break in attempts so I am happy to report that the coop is thus far predator proof.